Grand Rapids Housing Commission

The GRHC will hold a public hearing regarding our 2025-2030 Five-Year Plan, 2025 Annual Agency Plan and 2025 Moving to Work (MTW) Supplement on Tuesday, April 8, at 5:00 p.m. in the Bobbie Butler Community Center at Creston Plaza Apartments located at 1080 Creston Plaza Drive NE. “Moving to Work” is a demonstration program that allows housing authorities to design and test strategies for providing low-income families with affordable housing and paths to economic independence. Public comments regarding the Five-Year Plan, Annual Agency Plan and MTW Supplement will be accepted through April 9. Comments can be provided via email: [email protected] or by mail: Grand Rapids Housing Commission, 1420 Fuller Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507. Comments will also be accepted during the April 8 public hearing. Read the public notice: https://lnkd.in/gFp9GiZU Read the draft plans: https://lnkd.in/gQS4YgKq

The February 26 HUD webinar on the new NSPIRE inspection standards has been postponed—a new date will be published as soon as information is available. GRHC landlord partners who have questions about NSPIRE are encouraged to contact our staff at care.grhousing.org.

Rockford Construction crews have been working on the Community Hub that’s being built across the street from the GRHC’s Adams Park Apartments, and the team recently held a puzzle drive to benefit their Adams Park neighbors. Adams Park serves seniors ages 62 and older as well as adults with disabilities. Many thanks to the thoughtful and generous employees of @RockfordConstruction for donating enough puzzles to keep not only Adams Park puzzlers busy, but also the residents of our other senior housing communities!

Congratulations to Samaritas on the opening of The Landing at Spring Lake, a new $16.4 million, 53-unit affordable housing development serving low-income households in Ottawa County. GRHC Executive Director Lindsey Reames joined Samaritas leadership and other community partners for a February 4 ribbon-cutting event at the new development. The GRHC is pleased to support 8 units at The Landing at Spring Lake through our Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program, with families housed in the assisted units paying 30 percent of monthly household income on rent and the PBV Program making up the difference between that amount and the established rent for the unit.

ATTENTION GRAND RAPIDS HOUSING COMMISSION RESIDENTS IN GRADES K-12: Enter the 2025 NAHRO "What Home Means to Me" Poster Contest for a chance to win a cash prize, or cash and a trip to Washington, D.C.! The contest entry deadline is March 13, 2025. Complete contest information and entry forms: https://lnkd.in/geWCPD-h

The GRHC is making a limited number of homes available for sale to income-eligible Kent and Ottawa County families. More information: https://lnkd.in/gmUTp-7r