Articles tagged: Avalon Housing
Endowment campaign considered to expand affordable housing services in Washtenaw County
Posted: Feb 21, 2013The Washtenaw Housing Alliance is considering a campaign to raise money for a $17 million endowment that experts hope could end homelessness in Washtenaw County. Read more »
City officials: 6 blighted houses on Ann Arbor's North Main will be demolished using HUD funds
Posted: Jan 11, 2013After seven years of meetings, several project rebirths and finally a mortgage foreclosure, Ann Arbor city officials said on Thursday that six dilapidated houses on North Main Street will be demolished using federal funds. Read more »
Ann Arbor officials: Row of blighted houses along North Main Street must be demolished
Posted: Jan 09, 2013Ann Arbor officials are pushing for the demolition of several dilapidated houses along Ann Arbor's North Main Street. Read more »
Near North project stalled on Ann Arbor's North Main Street: What's next?
Posted: Nov 01, 2012For years, there have been promises that eight blighted houses on Ann Arbor's North Main Street will be demolished. Read more »
Avalon Housing celebrating its 20th anniversary at the Ann Arbor Art Center
Posted: Oct 27, 2012In 20 years, Avalon Housing has grown from a single supportive housing apartment community to 25 locations with around 400 tenants. Their model takes affordable housing a step further by managing cases and connecting tenants ... Read more »
Fire breaks out at vacant apartments on Pauline
Posted: Oct 13, 2012Ann Arbor firefighters responded to the 1500 block of Pauline on Saturday morning to fight a blaze in the vacant apartments there that soon will be demolished. Read more »
with gallery: Ann Arbor firefighters use soon-to-be-demolished apartments to conduct training exercises
Posted: Sep 26, 2012Ann Arbor firefighters spent part of their day Wednesday conducting training exercises in a set of soon-to-be-demolished apartments on the city's west side. Read more »
food & grocery: Edible Avalon demonstrates community support for 'good food for all'
Posted: Sep 18, 2012If you have food to eat and a place to live, count yourself lucky. According to Avalon Housing: "In Washtenaw County over 4,700 people experience homelessness each year." And "about one-half of these are households ... Read more »
Development team cancels plans for Near North affordable housing project in Ann Arbor
Posted: Sep 01, 2012The Near North development and the 39 affordable housing units it promised to bring to Main Street — just north of downtown Ann Arbor — won't be going forward now. In a letter sent to ... Read more »
Ann Arbor residents and officials anxiously await demolition of 8 blighted houses on Main Street
Posted: Jul 01, 2012The eight boarded-up houses on North Main Street near downtown Ann Arbor have been a sore point for residents and city officials. They were supposed to be torn down last year, but demolition still hasn't occurred. Read more »
Boarded-up houses on Main Street target of new Ann Arbor effort to demolish dangerous buildings
Posted: Feb 22, 2012North Main Street will be a primary target of the city of Ann Arbor's new effort to address blight and rid the city of dangerous buildings, said Mayor John Hieftje. "That's certainly a focus," he ... Read more »
8 houses along North Main Street in Ann Arbor soon to be demolished for $15M project
Posted: Sep 08, 2011Eight houses along Main Street just north of downtown Ann Arbor are expected to be demolished soon to make way for a $15 million affordable housing project. The 39-unit Near North development, which has been ... Read more »
Column: You can help Ann Arbor's Avalon Housing win an orchard to feed its residents
Posted: May 17, 2011I'm declaring that today is Mitzvah Day! A mitzvah (pronounced MITZ-vuh) is literally translated from the Hebrew as "commandment," but it's taken to mean "good deed." And this is an easy mitzvah to perform: Please ... Read more »
32-unit affordable housing project on city's west side wins approval from Ann Arbor City Council
Posted: Feb 23, 2011Ann Arbor officials gave the OK Tuesday night for nonprofit Avalon Housing Inc. to develop 32 new affordable housing units and a community center on the city's west side. Read more »
with Video: I am thankful for Edible Avalon
Posted: Nov 22, 2010Last summer was the third summer of Avalon Housing’s Edible Avalon program (in honor of the book Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn by Fritz Haeg), managed by Program Coordinator Kris Kaul. From one ... Read more »
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