We reached the halfway point of Michigan’s first five-year Statewide Housing Plan in January 2025. Follow along to see the historic investments and work achieved on the way to reaching this major milestone.
Press Release | Milestones Video
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer set 75,000-unit housing creation/preservation goal.
- COVID Emergency Rental Assistance program launched to maintain housing stability for renters.
- Housing Michigan Coalition championed legislation that gives local governments greater flexibility with payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT).
- MSHDA expanded partnership with the Michigan Department of Corrections to provide additional Housing Choice Vouchers for returning citizens.
2022
- Michigan’s first Statewide Housing Plan approved.
- Governor created Statewide Housing Partnership.
- Michigan Homeowner Assistance Fund launched to address COVID-related hardships.
- Michigan Association of Planners published Zoning Reform Toolkit.
- $50M annually invested into the Housing & Community Development Fund; $50M Missing Middle Housing Program created.
- State marked construction and rehabilitation of 25,021 housing units towards 75,000-unit five-year goal.
2023
- $50M added to Missing Middle Housing Program.
- 15 Regional Housing Partnerships (RHP) formed.
- Regional action plans drafted.
- RHPs began gathering, publishing quarterly progress reports tracking housing investments by region.
- Shelter Diversion Pilot Program launched, funded.
- 11 Continua of Care developed and implemented local racial equity action plans.
- Office of Global Michigan launched Newcomers program to support refugees in rental housing.
- Michigan Economic Developers Association formed housing taskforce.
- MSHDA supported Office of Rural Prosperity’s Rural Readiness Program designed to build capacity in small towns and rural communities.
- MSHDA down payment assistance increased to $10k per household.
- Pioneered statewide tax increment financing for housing.
- $150M invested to close funding gaps on housing tax credit development deals.
- MSHDA established Equity Advisory Committee.
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, MSHDA partnered for Good Housing = Good Health program.
- State received $4.5 million to address local youth homelessness in competitive HUD grant program.
- Record number of families supported through Housing Choice Voucher program.
- MSHDA achieved $1.2B in housing production investment, more than ever before. State marked construction and rehabilitation of 44,303 housing units towards 75,000-unit five-year goal.
- MSHDA awarded additional Veterans Supportive Housing Vouchers to support ending veteran homelessness.
- MSHDA established partnership with MDHHS to provide Housing Choice Vouchers to individuals exiting a State Hospital that do not have a residence to return to at the time of discharge.
2024
- Governor announces record five-year housing investments.
- Launched Tribal Nations Housing Development Assistance Program with $3M investment from Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.
- Launched Housing Readiness Incentive Grant Program.
- University of Michigan published statewide housing needs assessment.
- Governor increased state’s five-year housing goal to 115,000 units.
- Key legislation passed, expanding multifamily development programs.
- MSHDA secured additional Housing Choice Vouchers to support unsheltered rural homelessness.
- MSHDA launched the Housing Mobility Pilot Program, combining Housing Choice Vouchers with supportive services to help families with children relocate to high-opportunity neighborhoods.
- MSHDA awarded additional Housing Choice Vouchers to aid young adults leaving foster care.
- MSHDA supported the launch of Great Lakes Housing Services to aid communities and partners.
- Launched MI Neighborhood.
- Launched MSHDA Rate Relief Mortgage Program with $50M investment from Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.
- Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis awarded the most Affordable Housing Program dollars in Michigan ever.
- Legislature raised limit on MSHDA’s single-family mortgages.
- Record MSHDA investments made in housing production for the second consecutive year.
- Michigan Interagency Council on Homelessness approves first ever racial equity action plan for the Michigan Campaign to End Homelessness.
2025
- First Generation Down Payment Assistance and Employer-Assisted Housing Fund programs launched.
- MSHDA awarded additional Veterans Supportive Housing Vouchers to support ending veteran homelessness.
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