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Kalamazoo County presents draft housing framework, pledges implementation plan and community engagement
Summary
County housing director presented a high‑level draft framework to coordinate homelessness response through affordable homeownership, citing $33 million allocated from the county housing millage and 1,492 funded units; commissioners pressed for more detail on township inclusion, low‑income benchmarks and HMIS integration before implementation planning.
Mary Balkema, Kalamazoo County housing director, presented a draft county housing framework on Nov. 18 that she described as “a blueprint for aligning resources, partners, and strategies across a full housing continuum from emergency shelter to affordable homeownership.” The high‑level document, sent to commissioners in advance, is intended as a working framework to guide a later, data‑driven implementation plan with measurable outcomes and broad community engagement.
Balkema told the board the county has allocated more than $33,000,000 across four funding rounds from the housing millage approved in 2020 and has supported about 1,492 housing units, about 74% of which are under construction or occupied. The county’s proposed organizational…
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