The 2025-10-09 Planning Commission meeting began with a short presentation from Housing Next and their latest needs-analysis. Interesting stuff.
#GrandRapidsMI #HousingNEXT #HousingCrisis #AffordableHousinghttps://urbangr.org/HousingNext20251009Housing NEXT Presentation 2025-10-09 | Urban Grand Rapids
Health insurance is an employee benefit in the United States.
Should Housing Assistance be an employee benefit?
More subsidy pushed into an extremely constrained market, employees of large companies getting a housing advantage over those of smaller employers or the self-employed?
#HousingKent #HousingCrisis #HousingNext #KentCountyMI #GrandRapidsMI
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Bank of America backs housing assistance pilot for Kent County employers
Bank of America is partnering with a Kent County nonprofit to create an employer housing assistance pilot program that could include connecting workers to rental subsidies and ultimately serve as a talent attraction and retention tool.
Crain's Grand Rapids Business