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Michigan Municipal League, Realtors tell committee zoning reform, incentives and funding needed to boost housing supply
Summary
Representatives of the Michigan Municipal League and Michigan Realtors briefed the Committee on Regulatory Reform on statewide housing barriers, highlighting lack of vacant land, outdated zoning, infrastructure costs, funding gaps, NIMBY opposition, and tools such as MSHDA’s Redevelopment Ready Communities and Housing Readiness Incentive Grants.
Jen Riggtrink of the Michigan Municipal League and Brad Ward of the Michigan Realtors told the Committee on Regulatory Reform that Michigan is facing a shortage of housing supply driven by multiple factors, and urged a mix of zoning reform, targeted incentives and technical assistance to accelerate development.
Jen Riggtrink, who identified herself as representing the Michigan Municipal League’s state and federal affairs team, summarized the obstacles her members report: lack of vacant land, a shortage of builders and developers in some areas, outdated zoning regulations, inadequate infrastructure, and limited funding to fill financing gaps for projects. She told the committee that “we have more need than we have supply,” and that solutions require addressing labor, lumber, land, laws and lending — what she described as the five L’s that create a…
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