Macomb Regional Housing Partnership Reporting

MRHP Quarterly Reporting
Name*

First NameLast Name
Email*
example@example.com
What is the name of your organization or department?*

Which sub-committee would you like to make a report for?*
Below are the four subcommittees and priorities that make up the MRHP:

Steering Committee
1. Equity & Justice
2. Communication & Education
Housing Stock Subcommittee
1. Rental Housing
2. Housing Stock
  - Focus on zoning and development
Population Housing Needs Subcommittee
1. Preventing & Ending Homelessness
2. Older Adult Housing
Pathways to Housing Subcommittee
1. Housing Ecosystem
2. Homeownership
  - Focus on information and collaboration

Steering Committee

Please select the goal to enter your Q1 2025 activities.
Which goal would you like to make a report for?

Goal 1.2: Research and review current housing policies and practices to identify any barriers across the housing continuum for BIPOC, immigrants, migrants, refugees, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+, those with low incomes, and other marginalized populations. As needed, advocate for changes.Goal 1.4: Increase access to housing for returning citizens and justice-involved individuals, including those who have disabilities.Goal 8.1: Increase education and awareness of the importance and benefits of accessible, affordable, and attainable housing, as well as the existing housing programs and services throughout Macomb County.Goal 8.4: Assist Michigan residents to increase housing stability through financial literacy and wealth-building.Goal 8.4a (2025 change - formerly Strategy 8.4.A): With additional funding, expand the network of and outreach from providers who deliver financial literacy to support housing stability.Goal 8.4b ( 2025 change - formerly Strategy 8.4.B): Connect HCV holders to HUD-certified housing counselors to provide counseling and education services.Goal 8.4c (2025 change - formerly Strategy 8.4.C): Help those people who are unbanked to establish relationships with financial institutions.
Goal 1.2 - Strategy 1.2.E: Extend education outreach programs to landlords and property developers concerning the unique strengths and needs of BIPOC, immigrants, refugees, migrants, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+, those with low income and other marginalized populations and the factors that unfairly prevent them from satisfying the usual housing qualifications.
Goal 1.4 - Strategy 1.4.A: Enhance collaboration between housing agencies and the criminal justice system to house returning citizens.
Goal 8.1 - Strategy 8.1.A: Build engagement and support from regional planning commissions, local elected and appointed officials, Tribal Nations, neighborhood residents, institutions of higher learning, and other local decision-makers as well as providers, general public, etc.
Goal 8.1 - Strategy 8.1.B: Meet people where they are when communicating with them through culturally appropriate, accessible delivery formats (including for people with disabilities), languages, and messengers.
Goal 8.4 (No strategies associated with this goal): Assist Michigan residents to increase housing stability through financial literacy and wealth-building.
Goal 8.4a (No strategies associated with this goal): With additional funding, expand the network of and outreach from providers who deliver financial literacy to support housing stability.
Goal 8.4b (No strategies associated with this goal): Connect HCV holders to HUD-certified housing counselors to provide counseling and education services.
Goal 8.4c (No strategies associated with this goal): Help those people who are unbanked to establish relationships with financial institutions.
Would you like to submit additional information for another sub-committee?*

YesNo

Housing Stock Subcommittee

Please select the goal to enter your Q1 2025 activities.
Which goal would you like to make a report for?

Development - Goal 4.1 (SHP Goals 4.1, 4.4, 4.6 have been combined and restated as Goal 4.1): Increase the supply of the full spectrum of housing that is affordable and attainable to Macomb County residents, including missing middle, workforce housing, rental housing and preservation/rehabilitation of existing housing stock.Zoning - Goal 4.7: Expand the use of equitable and holistic local planning and zoning practices to increase housing supply.Goal 6.3: Increase the quality of rental housing.
Goal 4.1 - Strategy 4.1.A: Advocate at the federal and state levels for increased funding, including gap funding, to support affordable and attainable housing ranging from small- to large-scale housing development.
Goal 4.1 - Strategy 4.1.D: Incentivize holistic, environmentally just development that provides equitable access to transportation (roads, non-motorized facilities, and/or public transit), child care, economic opportunity, education, and amenities in neighborhoods.
Goal 4.1 - Strategy 4.1.E: Use best practices from other states to apply tax increment financing and other incentives to encourage housing production and transformational market-driven development.
Goal 4.1 - Strategy 4.4.B: Support the establishment and use of guidelines for assessing the quality of housing stock.
Goal 4.1 - Strategy 4.4.C: Support the innovative conversion or repurposing of unused residential properties, commercial space, and other buildings, with accessibility modifications wherever possible.
Goal 4.1 - Strategy 4.6.A: Provide more incentives and fund income and appraisal gaps to support the development of missing middle housing types and workforce housing.
Goal 4.1 - Strategy 4.6.B: Increase quality, affordable housing options within our housing ecosystem.
Goal 4.1 - Strategy 4.6.C: Research existing grant funds and other funding sources to offer opportunities for subsidizing lot rent and offer low-cost loans to those who purchase new or used mobile/manufactured homes.
Goal 4.7 - Strategy 4.7.A: Provide capacity in the form of housing-related technical support for smaller municipalities.
Goal 4.7 - Strategy 4.7.B: Provide education, including but not limited to local planning officials and attorneys, elected officials, and the public, about discriminatory zoning and the benefits of equitable zoning reform.
Goal 4.7 - Strategy 4.7.C: Continue to provide funding for equitable and inclusive community master planning and zoning updates through the MEDC's Redevelopment Ready Communities program technical assistance match funding.
Goal 4.7 - Strategy 4.7.D: Develop model language for zoning amendments or overlays that remove obstacles to increasing the housing supply.
Goal 4.7 - Strategy 4.7.E: Award additional points for grants/project applications or streamline approvals in communities that facilitate medium- to higher-density development in areas targeted for economic recovery.
Goal 6.3 - Strategy 6.3.B: Provide shared resources and other support to municipalities to facilitate landlord registries, regular inspections, and code enforcement.
Would you like to submit additional information for another sub-committee?*

YesNo

Population Housing Needs Subcommittee

Please select the goal to enter your Q1 2025 activities.
Which goal would you like to make a report for?

Goal 3.2: Increase access to stable and affordable quality housing options for households with extremely low incomes.Goal 3.3: Improve the quality of the homelessness response system to be client-centered, flexible, grounded in respect, trauma informed, and aware and inclusive of the cultural values, beliefs, and practices of those they serve.Goal 3.5: Use qualitative and quantitative data to better understand and meet the housing and service needs of households at risk of and experiencing homelessness.Goal 5.2: Promote the ability of older adults to age in a place of their choice.
Goal 3.2 - Strategy 3.2.B: Invest in homelessness prevention and diversion efforts to keep households from entering shelter or staying in unsheltered situations in order to reduce trauma.
Goal 3.3 - Strategy 3.3.C: Promote broader adoption of person-centered, trauma-informed, and Housing First approaches by providing standards, definition, guidance, and support for homeless service providers. ***Strategy 3.3.C needs to be addressed first before 3.3.B can be completed.
Goal 3.3 - Strategy 3.3.B: Support organizations operating shelters to be low-barrier, focused on reducing harm, and trauma informed. *** Strategy 3.3.B needs to be listed after 3.3.C as 3.3.C needs to addressed before 3.3.B.
Goal 3.3 - Strategy 3 New: Identify available bed capacity through available data sources.
Goal 3.5 - Strategy 3.5.C: Track supportive housing unit creation and annually re-evaluate unit projections by population to set and monitor unit production goals.
Goal 3.5 - Strategy 3.5.D: Support the CoCs to understand local supportive housing and rapid rehousing needs in order to set housing goals by population.
Goal 5.2 - Strategy 5.1.A: Review and modify housing programs to remove barriers to expanding and improving older adult housing.
Goal 5.2 - Strategy 5.2.A: Develop or enhance local aging-in-place education and resources for older adults, their caregivers and families, and landlords through housing counseling agencies, Area Agencies on Aging, home and community services agencies, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, and services that are near their homes or otherwise easily accessible.
Goal 5.2 - Strategy 5.2.B: Expand funding opportunities that would allow older adult homeowners and landlords to make modifications to units to support aging in place, accessibility, and visitability.
Goal 5. 2 - Strategy 5.2.D: Support programs aimed at transitioning older adults out of nursing homes, as medically appropriate, and into housing where they can receive in-home care services.
Would you like to submit additional information for another sub-committee?*

YesNo

Pathways to Housing Subcommittee

Please select the goal to enter your Q1 2025 activities.
Which goal would you like to make a report for?

Information & Collaboration - Goal 2.1 (SHP Goals 2.1 & 2.2 have been combined and restated as Goal 2.1): Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the housing ecosystem by enhancing collaboration on housing among state agencies, philanthropy, local governments, Tribal Nations, education, non-profits and the wide variety of private-sector organizations that make up the housing ecosystem. Also increase the availability of regional data on housing needs and opportunities to inform and improve decision making.New Goal 2.2N (2025 change): Increase the availability of statewide, regional, county-level, local/municipal-level, and market-level data on housing needs and opportunities to inform and improve policy, resource, and program decision-making.Construction Industry and Licensed Skilled Tradespersons - Goal 2.3: Support an expansion of housing that is affordable and fairly assessed by increasing the availability and demographic diversity of workers in the construction, planning and zoning, and real estate industries.Goal 7.1: Create homeownership equity among different races and ethnic groups.Goal 7.2: Increase homeownership among households with low to moderate income.Goal 7.4: Stabilize and sustain homeownership.
Goal 2.1 - Strategy 2.1.A: Address systemic inequities, remove barriers, and collaborate on housing plans and projects; assess capacity of regional networks on a regular basis and fill gaps where appropriate.
Goal 2.1 - Strategy 2.1.C: Bring technical resources to communities to help them become ready for new housing development.
Goal 2.1 - Strategy 2.2.A: Assess Macomb County's housing needs on a regular basis and share the results throughout the system.
Goal 2.1 - Strategy 2.2.B: Develop centralized access to public-private, non-profit, and open-source platforms for housing data, including available land for acquisition.
Goal 2.2N (No strategies associated with this goal) - Increase the availability of statewide, regional, county-level, local/municipal-level, and market-level data on housing needs and opportunities to inform and improve policy, resource, and program decision-making.
Goal 2.3 - Strategy 2.3.C: Provide resources to help underrepresented entrepreneurs launch and grow construction, planning and zoning, and real estate businesses.
Goal 7.1 - Strategy 7.1.A: Expand programs that help households (home) navigate the home-buying process with personalized, culturally responsive assistance.
Goal 7.2 - Strategy 7.2.C: Continue and expand proactive outreach and marketing strategies for HUD certified housing counselors to identify and assist people with incomes lower than normally considered for homeownership in need of housing stability and financial empowerment, including those with housing vouchers.
Goal 7.4 - Strategy 7.4.A: Connect people to workforce training programs, adult education, postsecondary education, and entrepreneurship training so they can continue to increase their earnings. Strategy 7.4.B: Develop a coaching program to assist homeowners regardless of race or ethnicity. Strategy 7.4 New: Add incentive for first time homebuyers. (Strategy 7.4.A & 7.4.B, 7.4 New are combined.)
Would you like to submit additional information for another sub-committee?*

YesNo

Do you have any additional questions, feedback, or comments?
Should be Empty:

MRHP Quarterly Reporting

Steering Committee

Housing Stock Subcommittee

Population Housing Needs Subcommittee

Pathways to Housing Subcommittee