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Avalon Housing and the Ann Arbor Housing Commission broke ground on Sunday for a new affordable housing project in the Kerrytown neighborhood. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert was there and fields this report.
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There will be five vacancies on the commission as of June 1st. WEMU's Taylor Bowie has more.
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Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously to close loopholes surrounding city ordinances intended to protect renters. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more.
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Superior Township has long been the home of mostly single-family subdivisions, but a proposed new development could bring some changes. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.
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Though the residents of the West Willow neighborhood in Ypsilanti Township are predominantly people of color, a document affecting about 196 homes on a parcel in the neighborhood is still on the books that bans anyone who isn't white from living there. In an effort to change that, the New West Willow Neighborhood Association (NWWNA) has partnered with the Justice InDeed project at the University of Michigan Law School's Civil Rights Litigation Initiative to repeal the race-restrictive covenant covering that plat of land. Concentrate Media’s Rylee Barnsdale discusses the work being done to repeal this document with NWWNA president JoAnn McCollum.
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We’ve experienced some bitter cold of late. That probably means your furnace is running 24 hours a day, and if you aren’t properly insulated, you are going to have a rather high heating bill. Energy efficiency and proper weatherization can make a huge difference, and Washtenaw County has an assistance program that can make an assessment and do the repairs completely free for qualified residents. WEMU's David Fair talked it over with Washtenaw County Housing Program Supervisor Aaron Kraft.
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Developers are planning to expand an apartment complex on Ann Arbor’s south side. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more.
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A Michigan House subcommittee held a hearing Thursday on bills to establish new housing protections, including what supporters are calling a “homeless bill of rights.” We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners began the process of evaluating the upcoming Quadrennial Budget. It was presented at Wednesday night’s meeting. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.
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Members of the McKinley Tenants Association spoke out this week at the Ypsilanti City Council meeting. They are trying to bring attention to what they call mismanagement by McKinley Inc., which owns more than half of the county’s workforce housing. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.