Home for the holidays: Habitat builder comes home to Habitat house
Mitch and Johally Carlson built hundreds of homes for other people, but when they needed a home of their own, the answer was closer than they might have thought.
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More housing coming to West Michigan, still more needed
New housing projects underway now and coming soon will help alleviate some of the housing shortage in West Michigan, HousingNext's Ryan Kilpatrick says. But still more is needed to slow ever-increasing housing prices.
Juneteenth returns with fun and a renewed purpose
Holland's Juneteenth celebration will be a day of fun, learning, and healing. Alongside the festival fun will also be a COVID-19 clinic and voter registration drive.
Community Foundation invests in Jubilee housing with line of credit
A $250,000 line of credit from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area will allow Jubilee Ministries to invest in property over the next five years.
Hundreds kept housed during COVID by eviction diversion program in Ottawa County
Good Samaritan Ministries has worked with landlords and tenants to help hundreds maintain housing during the COVID-19 pandemic. It takes work on both sides.
Celebrating Black History Month on the Lakeshore
The Lakeshore offers several opportunities to celebrate Black History Month while maintaining social distancing.
Coming home: Michigan Fosters creates a sense of home for foster famlies
Michigan Fosters is continuing its work to support families on both sides of the foster care equation with a home where families can be families.
Racist attack on race/racism town hall leaves organizers shaken, resolved to continue
The Momentum Center's first town hall on race and racism was interrupted with just that — racism. Participants of the virtual town hall were accosted with rapid-fire shouting of the n-word and other racial slurs as well as graphic pornography.
