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Region D - Regional Housing Partnership
Housing North - Region D Regional Housing Partnership Lead
What is a Regional Housing Partnership?
In September 2022, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority launched its First-Ever Statewide Housing Plan. The goal of the statewide housing plan is to address housing challenges and promote the availability of safe, affordable, and sustainable housing options for all residents within the state.
To be successful, the plan requires a collaborative, statewide, data-driven approach that identifies and provides steps on how to overcome our housing challenges. These are complex issues that cannot be resolved overnight and this is where the Regional Housing Partnerships come in. They aim to have every stakeholder in the housing industry working together, to identify and implement solutions that will result in meaningful changes at the individual, neighborhood, community, regional, and state levels.
Housing North was officially chosen as the Regional Housing Partnership lead for Region D through the Statewide Housing Partnership at the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). Click here to access a brief document describing our role as the Regional Housing Partnership for Region D and the process.
Regional Housing Partnership Task: Developing a Regional Action Plan
Our task was to gather all the stakeholders in the region to create our own Regional Housing Plan for Region D. There are EIGHT priority areas of the statewide housing plan, 37 goals, and 134 strategies. Each of the regions is charged with creating its own plan, prioritizing the goals and strategies for our region including action steps towards these goals. The priority areas chosen by our region are:
Housing ecosystem
Preventing and Ending Homelessness
Housing stock
We chose #4 main goals for the Statewide Housing Plan and our Regional plan includes NINE goals and 33 strategies.
What does the Regional Housing Partnership do?
A new statewide housing partnership, along with the regional groups and Michigan’s Campaign to End Homelessness (MCTEH) will work together to meet the goals of the plan. The regional groups will engage local organizations to create regional action plans for achieving the goals and strategies they select from the eight priority areas. The statewide housing partnership will also create an action plan, focusing on those goals and strategies that are most appropriate to that level. In summary, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority announced lead agencies to 15 Regional Housing Partnerships (RHP) across the state to work with local governments, nonprofits, developers, businesses, local health departments, grassroots organizations, and other partners to create and implement action plans that address the housing needs of their regions in alignment with Michigan’s Statewide Housing Plan.
As a result of this designation, Housing North will receive $175, 000 in grant funding for two years to coordinate the regional action plan, identify its goals and name its objectives. Through the Regional Housing Partnership, our region has the opportunity to develop a regional housing plan that decides how, and what parts and priorities of the Statewide Housing Plan need to be implemented in our communities.
Data and communication have been key to achieving our goal of developing this action plan. Thanks to funding from the Frey Foundation, Networks Northwest, and Hagerty we rolled out the results of the Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) for the 10 counties in Northwest Michigan, which provides an understanding of the housing needs for our region.
Resources
The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) has developed multiple resources for stakeholders and community members to help spread the information regarding the Statewide Housing Action Plan and the Regional Housing Partnerships. You can find helpful links, documents and information below to help fill any questions, doubts, or inquiries. If you would like to request additional information, email us at info@housingnorth.org.
Housing Data portal - This is where you can find data for each county that is tracked by the state.
You can also visit MSHDA’s website to obtain access to all resources related to the Statewide Housing Action Plan.
Grants
Accessibility Statement
At Housing North, we are committed to making our events accessible to all individuals, including those with disabilities. We strive to ensure that everyone can fully participate and be part of developing the action plan for our region. Please let us know if you need any accommodations or arrangements like assistive devices, wheelchairs, walkers, accessible seating areas, or any other needs. For events featuring speeches, presentations, or performances, we can plan to provide sign language interpretation upon request. To request sign language interpretation, please contact us with advance notice to arrange for appropriate services.
We are committed to continually improving our accessibility practices and ensuring that our events are accessible to all individuals. We value feedback regarding accessibility concerns and suggestions for improvement. If you have any accessibility-related feedback or specific accommodation requests for you or another individual, please contact us at info@housingnorth.org.
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EVENT: REGIONAL HOUSING PARTNERSHIP MEETING AND HAPPY HOUR
Please join us during the first week in September for a Regional Housing Partnership Happy Hour from 4-6 p.m. There are two dates to choose from in two locations:
Traverse City (September 3rd)
Cadillac (September 5th)
You will have a chance to meet the Steering Committee and working group members for the three priority areas in Region D’s Housing Plan, share feedback and input on how Housing North is coordinating the plan implementation. You will get the opportunity to mingle with developers and other housing practitioners in our region. We hope you can join us to connect with those engaged in the partnership. We will have drinks and light appetizers. You can RSVP here.