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Grand Rapids Housing Commission News Scattered Sites Renovations Campau Commons Hosts HUD GVSU Expands Services at Completed EnVision Center Mount Mercy Clinic The GRHC has completed a total HUD has designated the Campau The GVSU Kirkhof College of of $673,000 in improvements Commons Community Center as Nursing has received a grant to to 20 Scattered Sites units. The the Grand Rapids EnVision Center, support the addition of behavioral renovations were funded through recognizing GRHC programs health services at the GVSU HUD Capital Fund Program that help residents attain self- Health Center at Mount Mercy. grants. Details on page 2! sufficiency. Details on page 3! Details on page 7! GRAND RAPIDS HOUSING COMMISSION AUTUMNWinter 20212018 NEWS Cares Act Funds 75 Additional Mainstream Vouchers The Grand Rapids Housing Commission grateful to have expanded capacity to provide (GRHC) was recently awarded a $495,593 HUD housing stability to some of our most vulnerable Mainstream Voucher program grant authorized applicants,” noted GRHC Interim Executive under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Director Hattie Tinney Beenen. Economic Security (CARES) Act. The grant will fund an additional 75 Mainstream Vouchers to In addition to a rental housing subsidy, the support the housing needs of non-elderly persons Mainstream program provides supportive who have disabilities; HUD defines “non-elderly” services coordinated by the GRHC’s on-staff as under age 62. This award brings the total social work professionals in collaboration with number of Mainstream Vouchers the GRHC The Salvation Army, Disability Advocates, the administers to 207. Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan, Cherry Health, Care Resources, local hospitals The Mainstream Voucher program is targeted to and nursing homes, and other community people with disabilities who are transitioning out of partner organizations that serve people who institutional settings, at risk of institutionalization, have disabilities. These services are designed experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing to promote independence and dignity and homelessness. The new vouchers are being awarded may include home modifications, case to eligible non-elderly disabled applicants who are management, counseling services, chore currently on our Section 8 waiting list. workers, legal help, medication management, meal delivery, medical equipment and supplies, “Especially at a time when so many families are transportation, fall prevention services and struggling, the Housing Commission is deeply emergency response services. $673,000 Scattered Sites Renovation Project Completed The GRHC has completed a total of $673,000 in improvements to 20 Scattered Sites units that are rented to low-income households through our Section 8 Project-Based program. The renovations have been funded through HUD Capital Fund program grants. Improvements were completed in December and include... • Sewer line and drainage renovations • Concrete and driveway repairs • Interior and exterior lighting improvements • Landscaping improvements The kitchen at 929 Thomas St. SE before (left) and after renovation • Kitchen improvements, including new flooring, cabinets, counter tops, appliances • Energy- and water-saving Antoine Court Apartments Construction Update improvements • Exterior and storm door replacement • New roofing • New smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors Residents affected by the improvement project were offered alternate housing while their unit was being renovated. Welcome, New Board Members! Jay Connor has been appointed to As of February, construction at veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. The the Ransom Avenue Development Antoine Court Apartments is on development is also open to adults who Corporation, the governing entity schedule, with utilities installed have a disability as well as seniors ages for Ransom Tower Apartments. and work progressing on the second 62 and older. Jay brings more than 25 years of and third floors of the three-story information technology expertise structure. Located on Division The GRHC leveraged $1.4 million to the board; he is currently the Avenue between Antoine Street SW in federal Low-Income Housing GRHC’s Computer Network and Delaware Street SW, Antoine Tax Credits (LIHTC) to fund the Systems Administrator. Court will feature fifty 690-square- $13.5 million development project. The foot one-bedroom apartments and a GRHC is the developer for Antoine Ellen Fitzgerald has been appointed community room. Court; the project architect is Isaac to our Resident Advisory Board. V. Norris & Associates and Triangle Ellen represents the Mount Mercy Supported by the Section 8 Project- Associates is the construction manager/ Apartments community. Based Voucher program, Antoine general contractor. The building is Court will provide a preference to scheduled to open in October 2021. 2 RAC Pilot Concludes GRHC Opens HUD EnVision Center at Campau Commons The Rental Assistance Center (RAC), a two-year pilot program the GRHC has administered since late 2018, concluded in October 2020. Funded by the City of Grand Rapids, the RAC provided rental readiness services to Grand Rapids residents who earn 80 percent or less of the Area Median Income and who have had a rental housing application denied by a landlord. The center also provided a clearinghouse for rental property owners seeking qualified tenants. From left, Mrs. Candy Carson, former U.S. Department of HUD Secretary Ben Carson, HUD Midwest Regional Administrator Joseph Galvan and GRHC Executive Director Carlos The RAC received more than 900 A. Sanchez (retired August 2020) tour the Campau Commons Community Center, site of a applications from prospective renters new Grand Rapids EnVision Center. during its two years of operation; 593 eligible renters were referred During late summer 2020, the Homeownership programs that support to community resources. Fourteen Housing Commission welcomed HUD GRHC residents on their journey percent of applicants were experiencing Secretary Ben Carson, his wife Candy toward economic independence. homelessness at the time of application Carson, and HUD Midwest Regional Services at the new center will support and 48 percent were “doubled up” with Administrator Joseph Galvan to the households that reside in the City of relatives or friends. Campau Commons Community Grand Rapids and are at or below the Center; the visitors toured the facility federal poverty level. Referral services provided included in celebration of its designation as help with identifying prospective HUD’s Grand Rapids EnVision Center. The GRHC recently applied to rental opportunities and accessing the AmeriCorps VISTA program emergency housing as well as referrals The EnVision Center Demonstration to recruit a full-time AmeriCorps- to credit and financial counseling and program seeks to help participants in funded worker who will work with employment, legal, educational and HUD-assisted programs work toward the GRHC Resident Services team eviction prevention resources. self-sufficiency by establishing central and partner organizations to engage hubs that offer support in the areas of residents and community leaders The primary barriers to successful economic empowerment, educational in innovative activities that foster housing rental were low income (51 advancement, health and wellness, stable neighborhoods and workforce percent), low credit score (28 percent) and character and leadership. The development. and prior eviction (10 percent). EnVision Center initiative is based on the idea that financial support The VISTA worker will help to shape The National Low Income Housing alone is insufficient to solve the service offerings through research on: Coalition reports that in 2020 the fair problem of poverty. Intentional and • Community neighborhood market rent for a two-bedroom unit in collective efforts across a diverse set of stabilization planning efforts the Grand Rapids area was $962. In organizations are needed to empower • Key issues impacting workforce order to afford this rent without paying households to self-sufficiency. development more than 30 percent of income on housing, a resident would need to earn The GRHC is the host of the Another focus will be identifying an hourly wage of $18.50 per hour Grand Rapids EnVision Center in funding opportunities that would help assuming a 40-hour work week; the recognition of well-established Resident the Grand Rapids EnVision Center minimum wage in Michigan is $9.65. Services, Family Self-Sufficiency and grow capacity and service offerings. 1 3 Earnings and unemployment rate by educational attainment, 2019 Median usual weekly earnings Unemployment rate COLLEGE PAYS. Master’s degree $1,497 2% Bachelor’s degree $1,248 2.2% FACTS FROM THE U.S. BUREAU Associate’s degree $887 2.7% Some college, no degree $833 3.3% OF LABOR STATISTICS High school diploma $746 3.7% Less than a high school diploma $592 5.4% GRHC Offers $2,000 Resident Scholarships—Apply by May 11 The 2021 Jean McKee Resident • Applicants seeking to return to college • Copy of letter of acceptance from an Scholarship competition is underway! or vocational school must provide accredited vocational school, college or Established in 2000 in memory of an official high school or college university. longtime Housing Commissioner transcript which demonstrates that Jean McKee, the Resident Scholarship the applicant is a high school graduate Current College or Vocational program offers college scholarships to and had a cumulative high school or School Student: eligible residents
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