Housing Next

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about the Michigan Economic Development Corporation investing in the New Community Transformation Fund. A new housing study reveals Kent County is slowly improving its housing inventory. But first, a blockbuster deal involving Grand Rapids-based SpartanNash selling to an East Coast wholesale grocery distributor.

We get the details from Jen Radaz, Senior Manager, Housing Next.

West Michigan advocacy group Housing Next released its latest Housing Needs Assessment for Ottawa County

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is focused on increasing Michigan’s housing inventory. Today, she toured an affordable housing construction site on Grand Rapids southeast side

Kent County needs 35,000 housing units by 2027 to meet demand

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses Trinity Health Muskegon addressing food insecurity, Kent County exploring commercial corridors for housing – and - business groups seeking amendments to the new paid sick leave law.

WGVU’s Patrick Center talks with Crain’s senior writer Mark Sanchez about who pays for new high-cost gene and cell therapies. Also, Housing Next study identifies more than a dozen area corridors for potential housing development.