The Ann Arbor News has a story today about affordable housing in Ann Arbor, and how it’s becoming harder and harder to come by, with Section 8 housing increasingly transitioning to “market rate.” The article revolves around a woman by the name of Megan Mishler, who recently had to relocate to Ypsilanti Township when her […]
Tag Archives: low-income housing
A message to the poor of Michigan…. You don’t deserve to live in Ann Arbor, that’s what Ypsilanti is for
Posted in Ann Arbor, Rants, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged affordable housing, Ann Arbor Housing Commission, Herman Kittle Properties, Jennifer Hall, Megan Mishler, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, MSHDA, poverty, section 8, segregation, shepard145, Water Street, Water Street Flats, wealth inequality 65 Comments
Ypsilanti Township official calls the proposed Water Street Flats low-income housing development a “terrible waste of taxpayer dollars” that will be disastrous for Ypsi… Does she have a point?
Yesterday, Ypsilanti Township Clerk Karen Lovejoy Roe took it upon herself to send her thoughts on our proposed downtown low-income housing development, Water Street Flats, to members of both the Township Board of Trustees and our City Council. You can find her entire letter on Councilman Brian Robb’s website. For those of you who don’t […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Habitat for Humanity, Karen Lovejoy Roe, MSHDA, Nicole Markovits, poverty, Save Ypsilanti's Water Street, Scott Straley, section 8, Ypsilanti Township 61 Comments