Missing middle housing – and the fact we don’t have enough of it in West Michigan and in communities across the country – has been in the news a lot lately. From lakeshore efforts aimed at breaking down barriers to homeownership for “missing middle” wage earners to Michigan’s competitive housing market keeping millennials out to California cities rethinking single-family neighborhoods, it’s easy to see why we need to address our housing shortfalls – and do it now. But what ex

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids City Commission this morning advanced its work to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in housing in Grand Rapids and increase housing supply, as it discussed next steps in the formation of the Grand Rapids Housing Fund. The discussion followed recommendations made during the Committee of the Whole by City administration with support from the City’s housing practice leader, Housing Next. The proposed, non-endowed, designated Housing F