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As the need for affordable housing grows in Grand Rapids, the city is getting much-needed help from the state. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority is awarding tax incentives to ...

ince 2011, median home prices have increased by nearly 70 percent while per capita income went up by only 11 percent. Now, Deanna Rolffs, vice president of housing and family ...

The Grand Rapids Business Journal’s Newsmakers of the Year celebration is a popularity contest. But not in the way you might think. When Business Journal reporters and editors met to ...

Efforts to bring more affordable housing to Grand Rapids is getting a boost. The state of Michigan has approved $5.9 million in low-income housing tax credits for six projects scattered ...

The Grand Rapids Planning Commission on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a plan to turn Holland Home’s Fulton Manor into temporary emergency shelter for homeless families with children. “It does seem like ...

With its new $3.5 million Grand Rapids location, nonprofit Covenant House will provide “no barrier” access to education, healthcare, transportation, employment, and safe permanent housing for area youth. Even on ...

On Sunday, December 9, Spotlight will focus on West Michigan's growth in the first of its two-part series of programs.  Guests will include Rosalynn Bliss, Grand Rapids Mayor; Mark Washington, ...

The Frey Founded announced Wednesday that the Inner City Christian Federation(ICCF) as the recipient of its inaugural Housing Innovation Award. The ICCF will receive $150,000 to create and preserve affordable ...

Three blighted, abandoned buildings will be torn down on the 500 block of Eastern Avenue SE in Grand Rapids' Baxter neighborhood to make room for a 65-unit apartment building for ...

The Inner City Christian Federation celebrated another Grand Rapids development Thursday morning during a ceremonial groundbreaking. The latest project, 501 Eastern, will take shape in the Baxter Neighborhood on the city’s ...