housing

The Department of Civil Rights is preparing fair housing recommendations this summer.

Lansing officials recently cleared a homeless encampment near the Kalamazoo Street bridge, prompting calls to invest more in sheltering the city’s unhoused population.

Ingham County is allocating millions of dollars to support the development of more affordable housing projects.

The Lansing Housing Commission has proposed constructing a building in downtown Lansing with affordable housing and space for commercial and retail businesses.

Under the proposal, it would be illegal to infringe upon an individual’s rights—including access to public spaces and the right to vote without a permanent address—on the basis of their housing status.

As part of the settlement, Simtob has agreed to pay for temporary housing and to repair its properties within the next few months.

Democratic Rep. Emily Dievendorf says several the package could protect tenants in Lansing, where hundreds of housing units have been red-tagged due to unsafe conditions.

Community members worry that poor maintenance of red-tagged homes has put Lansing renters on the precipice of a housing crisis.

Councilmembers convened a special committee meeting to discuss the state of red-tagging in the Lansing and develop a plan to make its housing stock safer for residents.

The city of Lansing is suing Simtob Management after all families were kicked out of a South Lansing apartment building that was marked unsafe for red-tag code violations.