A new affordable housing initiative in Grand Rapids is set to transform a grassy lot next to Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church into much-needed homes. The project is spearheaded by ICCF Community Homes, a nonprofit organization that has been addressing affordable housing issues in the area for over five decades.
Ryan VerWys, CEO of ICCF Community Homes, highlighted the pressing need for affordable housing in West Michigan at the nonprofit Wednesday.
“We run into people all the time who are finding it difficult simply to find a place to rent that’s affordable. Much less, if somebody who wants to be a homeowner looks at the market and finds out, wow, that the average kind of median price for a house in this community has gone well above $300,000,” said VerWys…