Where We Live

After a no-camping ordinance cleared Traverse City’s largest homeless encampment, people are surviving winter out of view — sleeping wherever they can as shelters reach capacity.

Tenant unions are resurging across Michigan’s cities. In Cadillac, organizers are testing whether tenant organizing can work in rural areas, too.

Northern Michigan homeless advocates warn HUD’s shift from Housing First grants to transitional housing and treatment programs could jeopardize funding and put at least 20 households at risk of homelessness.

HUD call-for-aid requirements, insurance concerns and unclear monitoring systems impact safety for seniors living independently.

Seniors at Cadillac’s Harbor View Apartments say broken heat, infestations and unsafe conditions persist. A former staffer alleges management misconduct.

In vacation hotspots, schools struggle to find teachers because housing is often well beyond their pay. A bill in Lansing aims to address that.

In the last five years Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Traverse City have all added officers tasked with building relationships with people living on the streets.

The rule would prohibit extended stays at MDOT rest areas and carpool lots—spaces where some unhoused Michigan residents have sought refuge.

Housing North says its "housing exchange" platform is a place where northern Michigan residents can find places to live, whether a new apartment or a room for rent.

Peninsula Housing, the community land trust that operates within Leelanau County, will buy nine of the school’s 40 acres, and plans to develop attainable housing there.