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- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Progress and Pandemic Create Shift in Ottawa County Housing Market
We have a housing problem in our community – and we’re doing something about it. In 2018, Housing Next commissioned a countywide Housing...

- Sep 28, 2021
- 4 min
Creativity and inclusivity are what we need for homeownership opportunities
Two parents + two kids + a white picket fence = not what a growing number of households across our region look like. And it’s long past...

- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
Mapping the way forward for economic growth AND housing attainability
In last month’s blog post, we explored the myriad reasons so many people in West Michigan – and across North America – are so leery of...

- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
Why are we so afraid of change in our neighborhoods?
All across the U.S. (and Canada), planning commissions are struggling with competing interests: lack of quality housing and concerns...

- Jun 29, 2021
- 4 min
Creativity + Collaboration = Winning Combo in Housing Crisis
It’s no secret our region is kind of a big deal – Ottawa and Kent counties are now the fastest-growing counties in the state thanks, in...

- May 19, 2021
- 5 min
Construction underway on Grand Haven’s newest neighborhood
Grand Haven’s newest neighborhood in the city limits broke ground earlier this month. The 30 single-family home development named...

- May 18, 2021
- 4 min
It’s time we address the root causes of housing instability
It’s no secret the COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant scarcity and fragility in our economic and social systems. We discovered...