- Michigan awards remaining $3.2 million from Employer-Assisted Housing Fund dollars to developers in Detroit, Kalamazoo
- Kalamazoo project will build housing for Bronson Methodist Hospital workers. Detroit project involves multiple employers
- While the fund was not approved for additional dollars in the most recent state budget, housing officials say demand is there for more funding
LANSING — Michigan is helping employers in Detroit and Kalamazoo build new housing for their workers under a program that state officials want to continue but lawmakers have not yet endorsed.
The projects approved last month by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, totaling $3.2 million, will drain the remaining balance of what was a $10 million pot first unveiled by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in January 2025.
At the time, Whitmer noted the state had only added about one housing unit for every 14 jobs created between 2014 and 2023, contributing to a housing crisis state officials have more recently been working to address…