Housing Exchange
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What is the Housing Exchange?
The Housing Exchange is a platform to connect people with rental housing opportunities in our region. It includes seasonal and year-round rental (not short term rental) opportunities. Originally created by the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council, Housing North is re-launching the Housing Exchange, an online platform connecting our regional employers and employees seeking workforce housing and year round residents with local property owners and housing opportunities.
The Housing Exchange is modeled after a pilot used by the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in 2020 when coronavirus restrictions limited seasonal worker housing inside the park. Park administrators reached out to community members for housing help and placed all of their employees in existing local accommodations. During this process and the first few years of the exchange, it was determined that most people were interested in year round housing options and there simply was not enough housing stock on the market to list for employers. Now that we are seeing more units built and more communities creating unique housing options, we wanted to bring this platform to the region. It will also provide resources and links to some of the housing tools and opportunities to become a property manager.
Disclaimer: We suggest you have your attorney or a third party review your lease or any other agreements. Housing North reserves the right to remove any property from this site if we are concerned about it being a short term rental or unsafe place to live. We are not liable or endorsing anyone or anything, we are providing information and resources to connect people to housing opportunities.
The goal is two-fold:
List existing properties that are for rent and connect people who are looking for housing to these opportunities
Encourage and cultivate more opportunities for housing including a room in a house, accessory dweling unit separate or attached from the house, or a suite inside a house
Why should you list your property on this website?
Support your local businesses and community in providing year round housing
A way to list a property to an audience that supports year round housing
Support materials provided to enter into becoming a property manager
If you are investing in housing, our team can provide you with housing tools and templates, and offer one-on-one support to get you started.
Your house, your rules. You control all leasing provisions.
An opportunity to support the business community and meet new people and incubate their future in Region D (Northwest Michigan)
Make extra income to offset the costs of your home asset, without need for advertising.
Housing
Available Properties
I Have Housing Available
Listing Criteria:
Seasonal (more than a month), or
Year round housing
We are looking for units that are $2,500/mo. or less
When your property is rented, please email our Admin and we will remove the listing.
Complete the form to submit your property for review.
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NO this will be up to you. This platform is way to connect people to housing, but ultimately the tenant and the property manager need to do their own due diligence.
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No, this is for seasonal rentals or year round rentals for those that live and work either seasonally or year round in our region. We have a commitment to focusing on rentals that are for those making 120% of the Area Median Income.
Each County has a different AMI (click here to learn more).
Area Median Income (AMI) varies by county and household size. For example, in Grand Traverse County, 120% AMI for a family of four is $118,560, and housing costs should not be more than $2964/month. For a 2-person household in Leelanau County, 120% of the AMI would be $98,640, and housing costs should not be more than $2,466/month. Rent is considered affordable if it costs a household no more than 30% of a household’s gross monthly income, including utilities.
Resources
Resources for Landlords, Property Managers, and Tenants
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Best practices for being a landlord/property manager:
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