Tag Archives: Ann Arbor’s economic refugees

If Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Public Schools could be joined with no additional cost to Ann Arbor taxpayers, bringing additional resources to Ypsi schools, might voters back it?

By Mark | February 26, 2015

A few few weeks ago, I posted something here about the findings of a study on affordable housing commissioned by Washtenaw County. The published report, as you may recall, didn’t paint a very pretty picture. Our communities, according to the study’s authors, are rapidly becoming segregated, with less-well-off people, especially people of color, quickly consolidating […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged affordable housing, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Ann Arbor's economic refugees, annexation, economic segregation, Economic Segregation Index, Jcp2, poverty, public education, public school, school consolidation, school funding, segregation, Steve Norton, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment, Whitmore Lake, Willow Run, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 64 Comments

Annarbourites ask, “Why can’t Ypsi just take all of our poor?” Consultant explains.

By Mark | January 13, 2015

“So, why isn’t Ypsilanti a good long-term solution for Ann Arbor’s affordable housing issues?” That’s how the story in today’s Ann Arbor News about the work of a consulting firm brought in by the County to assess where we stand relative to affordable housing begins. The onus, it would seem, is on Ypsi. The question […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized | Also tagged AAATA, Ann Arbor Ambassador Program, Ann Arbor City Council, Ann Arbor DDA, Ann Arbor Planning Commission, Ann Arbor's economic refugees, income inequality, poverty, public education, Richard Murphy, Rob Krupicka, segregation, the growing gap between rich and poor, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment | 75 Comments

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