$5.1M from new Ann Arbor affordable housing tax could go toward downtown high-rise
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI The Ann Arbor Housing Commission proposes using $5.1 million from a new affordable housing tax over the next two years toward building an 18-story high-rise on a downtown city-owned property.
The long-envisioned project on the old Y Lot a public parking lot next to the Blake Transit Center at 350 S. Fifth Ave. could include over 400 housing units, Housing Commission Executive Director Jennifer Hall told City Council.
Hall presented her plan to fund several affordable housing developments in the first two years of the new tax during a council budget work session Monday night, Feb. 22.
Washtenaw County community furnishes over 25 apartments for those exiting homelessness
Residents work with Ann Arbor organizations to ready homes for those in need
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Large furniture for the massive collaborative project was provided by HouseN2Home and Kiwanis. (Heidi Ruud / HouseN2Home)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – What do friends, families, realtors, neighbors, church groups, a tennis group, a Girl Scout troop, book clubs, coffee clubs, hospital staff, the Ann Arbor Thrift Store, a student from Huron High school and an empty-nesters group all have in common?
They all turned bare apartments into welcoming homes for community members exiting homelessness.
It’s hard to furnish just one apartment but groups from around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County have furnished over 25 in Avalon Housing’s new Hickory Way Apartments.