Strongtowns' Housing Policy

Strongtowns' finally has guidance on housing policy in the form of "The Housing Ready City toolkit (PDF)". It is six simple land-use reforms:

New County Population Estimates

County level population estimates for 2024 are now available. All three counties which contain any part of the Grand Rapids UrbaniZed Area [the UZA] grew. Municipal population estimates have not been released. Will they be? Who knows.

A North End Bicycle Network Blooming?

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Planning Commission Agenda, 2025-03-13

The municipal agenda for the Planning Commission meeting on 2025-03-13 is ๐Ÿ‘‰here๐Ÿ‘ˆ


Welcome to Parking Palooza 2025!

Planning Commission Agenda, 2025-02-13

The municipal agenda for the Planning Commission meeting on 2025-02-13 is ๐Ÿ‘‰here๐Ÿ‘ˆ


2160 Celebration Dr NE

UPDATE 2025-03-13: This development is dead, the developer has listed the property for sale.

Data Point: zORI In 2024 (Midwest)

2015 - 2024

How as Grand Rapids' rent changed in the last ten years?

Affordability Tables 2025

Given that we are about to enter into a season of constant housing and land-use policy conversation it seems like a good time to update the "A"ffordable housing tables. The standard for "A"ffordabilty is for the total monthly housing costs not to exceed 30% of gross household income. For the state and federal governments this calculation is always made off of the median household income of the county; that is the number which matters in the context of block grants, tax credits, etc...

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