2017 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY GRAND RAPIDS HOUSING COMMISSION HISTORY
The Grand Rapids Housing Commission (GRHC) was established in 1966 to provide affordable housing for low-income residents and to eliminate substandard housing conditions.
Over the years, the Housing Commission has expanded its role in the community, partnering with organizations and individuals to advocate for positive change in local social welfare policy and to OUR MISSION offer supportive services families can use to achieve self-sufficiency and a stronger financial future. The Grand Rapids Housing Commission provides housing assistance and affordable housing opportunities Funded primarily through the United States to lower-income families, the disabled and senior Department of Housing and Urban Development citizens in a manner that is fiscally sound and in ways (HUD), the GRHC is independently administered and that support families, neighborhoods and is governed by a five-member board appointed by the economic self-sufficiency. City Manager and approved by the City Commission.
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From left: Bobbie Butler, President; Betty Zylstra, Vice President; Angela Bunn, Commissioner; Patrick Miles Sr., Commissioner; Monica Steimle, Commissioner
GRAND RAPIDS HOUSING COMMISSION BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
GRAND RAPIDS CITY OFFICIALS LEONARD TERRACE HOUSING CORPORATION RESIDENT ADVISORY BOARD Mayor: Rosalynn Bliss Patrick Miles Sr., President Angela Bunn, Chairperson Interim City Manager: Eric DeLong Earl Holton Teresa Boileau City Commission: Shelley Wisdom Peter Ferwerda David Allen Barbara Jones Joseph Jones MOUNT MERCY HOUSING CORPORATION/ Jo Ann Morris Ruth Kelly MOUNT MERCY PHASE I HOUSING CORPORATION Tiana Ortiz Senita Lenear Melvin Fox Leonard Webster Jon O’Connor Ellen James Virgie Young Kurt Reppart Betty Zylstra
ADAMS PARK HOUSING CORPORATION RANSOM AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION In Memoriam: Jerry Herrema Victor Vasquez, President Charles Carter, President The GRHC leadership and staff were deeply Ellen James Maureen Slade saddened by the passing of Jerry Herrema in Daniel Oglesby Monica Steimle early 2018. Jerry worked to address the housing Betty Zylstra needs of our community for decades, first as GRAND RAPIDS SCATTERED SITES HOUSING the GRHC’s Director of Housing Management, CORPORATION CRESTON PLAZA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP and in his retirement as president of Ellen James, President Melvin Fox the Creston Plaza General Partnership, Melvin Fox Ellen James Mount Mercy Housing Corporation and Betty Zylstra Betty Zylstra Mount Mercy Phase I Housing Corporation. He also served on the boards of Adams Park HOPE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION Housing Corporation and Grand Rapids Douglas Dozeman, President Scattered Sites Housing Corporation. We are Jamie Ladd truly grateful for Jerry’s many years of service. Continued funding uncertainty and a federal government and preservation of affordable housing. Lastly, we have worked with the focused on trimming or even eliminating many programs Veterans Administration to obtain HUD VASH vouchers that will enable that assist vulnerable families are fueling the creation us to better serve homeless veterans and their families. of robust community partnerships that are helping to ensure the Housing Commission will continue to effectively In addition to partnerships that support development activities, our meet the affordable housing and supportive needs of low- agency is focused on forging community alliances that will help us to income households in our community. meet the supportive needs of the families we serve. For example, when Adams Park Apartments residents lost critical on-site mental health The Housing Commission has long seen the writing on the wall related support due to funding reductions at Network 180, the GRHC partnered to the Capital Fund and Public Housing Operating Fund programs with local colleges and universities to bring senior-level social work that support the maintenance and administration of Low Income interns to the development, which serves disabled adults and seniors. Public Housing (LIPH) developments; both programs are chronically The students work with our Resident Services staff to link residents with underfunded, and the current administration is seeking to eliminate needed resources. Additionally, our Family Self-Sufficiency Program the Capital Fund Program and drastically slash the Public Housing recently began an innovative partnership with West Michigan Works Operating Fund in the year ahead. For the past several years the designed to help residents attain or maintain employment and achieve GRHC has worked to convert our LIPH units to the Section 8 Project- self-sufficiency. Based Program and is well on the way to completing the last of these conversions in 2018. The move to the Project-Based Program affords The silver lining of the tough fiscal and political environment in more stable funding and the opportunities to attract private investment which we find ourselves is that these challenging times are generating in affordable housing. unprecedented community engagement and innovation. Our staff and board are excited about the opportunities that abound to work together The GRHC’s commitment of Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers to to ensure housing equity in our community. I would like to once again several local nonprofit organizations is helping those agencies leverage express my thanks to our Housing Commissioners and staff, the Mayor private financing for the construction of $92.9 million in affordable and the Grand Rapids City Commission, and all of our local, state rental housing. The Housing Commission is also partnering with the and national partners for their invaluable support and unwavering City of Grand Rapids to establish an Affordable Housing Community commitment to equal housing opportunity. Fund that will use private and public funds to invest in the creation DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESS
HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program awards are making it these vouchers to attract funding for the construction of a 50-unit development possible for the GRHC to convert our agency-owned housing units from the dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless veterans and their families. Low-Income Public Housing Program to Section 8 Project-Based Program housing. Conversion provides 20-year contracts that are compatible PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS SUPPORT 351 AFFORDABLE HOUSING with the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program, UNITS making it possible for the GRHC to attract needed private The GRHC has supported the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit investment in our agency-owned developments. (LIHTC) applications of local nonprofit community partners by providing Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers that have The conversion of 92 units at Campau Commons Apartments helped them attract LIHTC financing for the construction to Section 8 Project-Based housing was finalized during 2017; of $92.9 million in affordable rental housing. Seventy-one $100,000 in improvements are underway, including parking lot vouchers are supporting 351 housing units, including 305 new and energy conservation enhancements. units and 46 rehabilitated apartments. The development projects for which we will administer vouchers include: Twenty Scattered Sites duplex units are currently moving through the conversion process; we anticipate that conversion will be finalized during Developer: Inner City Christian Federation, total of 31 vouchers for use 2018 and that $493,000 in repairs and renovations will get underway at 415 Franklin Street SE (40 units new construction), 501 Eastern before year’s end. Avenue SE (45 units new construction) and Stockbridge Apartments (64 units new construction). The GRHC continues to seek the funding needed to convert 188 units at Adams Park Apartments under the RAD Developer: Genesis Non-Profit Housing Corporation, eight Program. An application for $3.4 million in LIHTC has been vouchers for use at St. James Apartments (52 units new submitted to fund numerous capital improvements. construction).
RENOVATIONS PLANNED AND COMPLETED Developer: Dwelling Place, total of 24 vouchers for use at Harrison The GRHC is seeking $1.8 million in LIHTC to fund needed Park Apartments (45 units new construction), Pine Avenue Apartments improvements at Hope Community, a rapid re-housing facility that serves (23 units new construction) and Harvest Hill Apartments (46 units homeless women and their minor children. Originally built in 1990, the rehabilitation, currently awaiting LIHTC award). 24-unit facility is long overdue for extensive renovations. Developer: LINC Community Revitalization, eight vouchers for use Mortgage loan refinancing has made it possible for the GRHC at Garfield Park Lofts (36 units new construction). to undertake major upgrades at two of our senior apartment communities. A total of $2.4 million in improvements GRHC, CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS CREATE AFFORDABLE are near completion at Leonard Terrace Apartments and HOUSING COMMUNITY FUND Mount Mercy Apartments. The Housing Commission is working with the City of Grand Rapids to develop an Affordable Housing Community Fund VASH VOUCHERS SUPPORT HOMELESS VETERANS that will leverage private and public funds to invest in the creation The GRHC was recently awarded 22 vouchers under the HUD Veterans and preservation of affordable housing units, both owned and rented. Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program, which combines Housing The fund will be managed by the GRHC and will be overseen by a board Choice Voucher assistance with case management and clinical services comprised of city residents and property owners, City Commissioners, city provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The GRHC plans to leverage staff, and for-profit and nonprofit housing developers. SECTION 8 PROGRAM EXPANDS TO SUPPORT VETERANS AND HOUSING CHOICE
GRHC RECEIVES VASH VOUCHER COMMITMENT CONVERSION, PARTNERSHIPS EXPAND PROJECT The HUD Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM SECTION 8 HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM program recently notified the GRHC that it has set The conversion of Campau Commons Apartments to Our Section 8 Homeownership Program aside 22 vouchers our agency can use to assist homeless Section 8 Project-Based housing during the past year celebrated five home purchases during 2017; veterans in our community. The VASH program added 92 units to our Project-Based Program. We 61 families have purchased a home through combines Section 8 rental assistance with clinical anticipate the addition of another 208 GRHC-owned this program since its inception in 2002. The services provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran units to this program as conversions of 20 Scattered GRHC Family Self-Sufficiency Program is Affairs (VA) at its medical centers and in the community. Sites units and 188 units at Adams Park Apartments hosting orientation sessions to expedite families’ proceed in the year ahead. participation in this program, which enables The GRHC plans to leverage the VASH vouchers to qualified Housing Choice Voucher Program attract the private investment that will make it possible Conversion of the additional units to Section 8 will participants to use their rental subsidy toward for us to construct a 50-unit Section 8 Project-Based provide stable long-term funding that will enable home mortgage payments. Program development that would house homeless us to attract private investment, making it possible veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness. We are to undertake numerous critical maintenance and SECTION 5 H HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM currently in the very early stages of this project, which renovation projects. Conversion also supports our In 2015 the GRHC applied to convert 22 single- is slated to be constructed on South Division Avenue agency’s goal of promoting greater housing choice as family Scattered Sites units from the Low-Income near Campau Park. residents have the option to receive a rental subsidy Public Housing Program to Section 8 Project- through the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Based Program housing through the HUD Rental 5,000 ADDED TO SECTION 8 WAITING LIST Program after one year of residency at a GRHC Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. The The GRHC opened the waiting list for our Section 8 project-based development. 22 additional units were ultimately not converted Housing Choice Voucher Program for two weeks during as it was determined that these single-family June 2017. Five thousand Kent County households were The GRHC Section 8 Project-Based Program is also home ownership units do not meet RAD Program chosen by computerized random lottery from among furthering access to housing opportunity by committing eligibility criteria. the more than 7,400 who applied; those households were 71 vouchers that are helping four nonprofit developers added to the waiting list and will be served as vouchers secure the private investment needed to undertake the We are currently working with HUD to reassign become available. Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces will construction of affordable housing, including 305 new the 22 units to our Section 5(h) Homeownership be the first served as required by our Section 8 policy. units and 46 rehabilitated apartments. The developers Program; when this designation is finalized, eligible with which we are proud to partner in this venture low-income households on our Scattered Sites Section 8 offers a federal rental subsidy to low-income include Inner City Christian Federation, Genesis Non- waiting list will be able to purchase these homes on households renting privately owned property. The GRHC Profit Housing Corporation, Dwelling Place and LINC a rent-to-own basis. currently administers 3,382 vouchers. Community Revitalization, Inc.
Front view of the proposed 50-unit South Division Avenue development that will house homeless veterans. FAMILY SELF SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Collaborations with partner organizations are fueling FAMILY SELF SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM exciting new activities designed to maximize the success COORDINATING COMMITTEE of households participating in the GRHC’s Family Self- Sufficiency (FSS) Program. Bobbie Butler, President, Grand Rapids Housing Commission The FSS Program offers Section 8 and Public Housing Vanessa Amon, West Michigan Works Program participants an opportunity to accrue funds Deborah Conley, Michigan Family Resources in an escrow account when new employment or a job Yolanda Duncan, Grand Rapids Community College promotion results in higher income and an increase John Gill, West Michigan Works in the household’s share of monthly rent. The HUD- Stephanie Gingerich, LINC Community Revitalization supported program sets aside the amount of any Pamela Houtteman, Goodwill Industries rent increase for the family, with the escrowed funds Kathleen Papke, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs made available when the head of household completes Samantha Rose, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program requirements; these include maintaining Kathleen Russo, Chemical Bank employment and being free of Temporary Assistance Megan Seely, Goodwill Industries for Needy Families (TANF) aid for the last year of Berniz Terpstra, Inner City Christian Federation participation. Escrow accrues for up to five years. with the community to leverage public and private Grand Rapids Housing Commission Staff Representatives A new “Passport to Success” initiative offered in resources in ways that support four key pillars of self- Felicia Clay, Resident Services Manager association with West Michigan Works affords GRHC sufficiency: economic empowerment, educational Laura Oesch, Lead Resident Services Specialist residents the opportunity to explore employment advancement, health and wellness, and character and Lena Agnew, Resident Services Specialist options or even find a job during on-site job fairs that leadership. Partners would include West Michigan Trenessa Allen, Resident Services Specialist are held in conjunction with an orientation meeting Works and the City of Grand Rapids. Wanda Couch, Resident Services Specialist that explains the FSS Program. “Passport to Success” Maria Lara, Resident Services Specialist brought an on-site money management series to More than 400 West Michigan families participated in Sheldon Apartments; the Michigan State University the Grand Rapids Housing Commission’s FSS Program Wyoming Housing Commission Representatives Extension workshops offered information and during 2017. The GRHC disbursed a total of $180,759 to Rebeca Venema, Executive Director resources to support sound financial decision making, 30 program graduates. Myra Iacovoni, FSS/Section 8 Coordinator effective budgeting, and debt and credit management. Amandalynn VanderMolen, FSS/Section 8 Coordinator The Housing Commission also recently formed a partnership with the Kent County Essential Needs Task Kent County Housing Commission Representatives Force to help ensure that GRHC residents have access to Darrell Singleton, Community Development Manager resources that are critical to the maintenance of stable Noelia Garcia, FSS/Section 8 Coordinator housing, including a path to economic stability and Emily Stroka, FSS/Section 8 Coordinator employment opportunities.
The GRHC has applied to participate in a HUD EnVision Center initiative, which affords an opportunity for public housing authorities to partner AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES
and their minor children. Planned renovations at the 12-unit Service Center and 12 nearby duplex units include: CAMPAU COMMONS APARTMENTS Landscaping improvements 821 South Division Avenue • 92 units, Section 8 Project-Based Program • Service Center fence replacement, playground resurfacing Families, Seniors, Disabled • Service Center parking lot resurfacing • Duplex sidewalk repairs • New Service Center security system RAD PROGRAM CONVERSION UPDATE • Roofing and window replacement/repairs The HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) • Exterior and interior lighting improvements Program makes it possible for public housing authorities • Replace Service Center commercial to convert affordable units from the Low-Income Public laundry appliances Housing Program to Section 8 Project-Based Program • New stoves and refrigerators in housing. Conversion provides 20-year contracts that Service Center units CRESTON PLAZA APARTMENTS are compatible with the federal Low-Income Housing • Replace smoke and carbon 1080 Creston Plaza Drive NE Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program, making it possible for monoxide detectors 100 units, Section 8 Project-Based Program the GRHC and other agencies to attract the funding • Heating, ventilation and air Families, Seniors, Disabled that will enable us to undertake much-needed capital conditioning improvements improvement projects. • Flooring replacement • New kitchen and bath cabinets/vanities, The RAD Program conversion of 92 units at counter tops, sinks, faucets Campau Commons Apartments was finalized • New interior doors and sliding glass doors in in May 2017. Conversion has made $100,000 in duplexes improvements possible, including concrete repairs, exterior signage improvements, the installation of BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER carbon monoxide detectors, and energy conservation The on-site community centers that serve the residents HOPE COMMUNITY enhancements such as water-saving faucets and of our family housing developments hosted several 1024 Ionia Avenue SW programmable thermostats; parking lot improvements programs of interest to the wider neighborhood during 24 units, Rapid Re-Housing Program will be completed this spring. the past year. Homeless Women and Children The GRHC was pleased to Twenty Scattered Sites units are currently moving The community centers at Campau Commons and partner with Grand Rapids through the RAD Program conversion process, with Creston Plaza were among 21 Grand Rapids locations Public Schools and the required environmental assessments underway; we that offered children ages 18 and under free weekday USDA Summer Food Service anticipate that conversion will be finalized this year lunches through the USDA-funded “Meet Up and Eat Program to offer “Meet and that $448,000 in renovations will get underway by Up” Summer Food Service Program. The program Up and Eat Up” summer early 2019. is administered locally by the Grand Rapids Public meals and related children’s Schools Nutrition Services Department. recreational activities at the community centers that serve HOPE COMMUNITY RENOVATIONS PLANNED the Campau Commons and SCATTERED SITES The GRHC is seeking $1.8 million in LIHTC to fund The Creston Plaza Community Center also hosted a 20 duplex units, 22 rent-to-own homes Creston Plaza neighborhoods. Low-Income Public Housing Program needed improvements at Hope Community, a rapid bike share study open house sponsored by the City of Families, Seniors, Disabled re-housing development that serves homeless women Grand Rapids Mobile GR and Parking Services. AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND DISABLED ADULTS
ADAMS PARK RAD PROGRAM CONVERSION UPDATE COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUPPORT RESIDENT SERVICES, FACILITY RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY The GRHC continues to seek the funding needed to Residents of Leonard Terrace Apartments are enjoying Mortgage loan refinancing is enabling the GRHC to convert 188 units at Adams Park Apartments under a new on-site Dining Center thanks to the expansion make many upgrades at two retirement developments. the RAD Program. An application for $3.4 million of a partnership between the GRHC and Meals On in LIHTC has been submitted to fund the following Wheels Western Michigan (formerly Senior Meals The GRHC is undertaking $850,000 in improvements at projects at the development, which serves disabled adults Program, Inc.). The new Dining Center opened in the Mount Mercy Apartments, including: and seniors ages 62 and older: Leonard Terrace Community Room during April 2017, • Sidewalk, foundation and roof repairs • Boiler and trash compactor replacement building upon the success the Meals On Wheels • Exterior lighting and landscaping improvements • Exterior lighting and grounds program has had with the “Café On the Mount” • Storm windows in the auditorium, café and chapel improvements Dining Center at Mount Mercy Apartments. • New exterior doors, security system improvements • New kitchen and bath cabinets and Both centers serve weekday lunch for a • New boilers and water heater counter tops nominal optional donation. • New kitchen cabinets • Vinyl flooring replacement • New bathroom cabinet doors, walk-in bathtubs • Roofing and window replacement/repairs Our partnership with the GVSU Kirkhoff • Security system improvements College of Nursing is one of the many service Improvements will get underway when the collaborations that enhance quality of life for Leonard Terrace Apartments is receiving $1.56 million necessary funding is in place. residents. In the year ahead our staff and the GVSU in improvements, including: nursing team will be joined by educators and students • Sidewalk and curb repairs, landscaping improvements MEETING SUPPORTIVE NEEDS AT ADAMS PARK from the GVSU Movement Science department to • New windows and storm windows Changes in funding for mental health bring fitness studies to Mount Mercy Apartments • Heating and ventilation improvements programs have necessitated the departure of and Ransom Tower Apartments. Resident • New apartment entry, bedroom and bathroom doors two on-site Network 180 employees who volunteers will receive an individualized • Modify bathtubs to walk-in tubs served Adams Park Apartments. GRHC exercise program along with a weekly • Kitchen remodeling Resident Services professionals are exercise support session, with the goal of • Additional security cameras working with local colleges and universities helping residents develop healthy new habits. • New carpet and furniture in common areas to train senior-level student social work interns Additional service partnerships that support who are helping us link residents with mental GRHC residents are described on the Resident Many improvements have been completed; we anticipate health care and case management services. Services page of this report. that all will be completed by summer 2018.
ADAMS PARK APARTMENTS LEONARD TERRACE APARTMENTS MOUNT MERCY APARTMENTS RANSOM TOWER APARTMENTS SHELDON APARTMENTS 1440 Fuller Avenue SE, 188 units 1315 Leonard Street NE, 125 units 1425 & 1511 Bridge Street NW, 180 units 50 Ransom Avenue NE, 153 units 1010 Sheldon Avenue SE, 45 units Low-Income Public Housing Program Section 8 Project-Based Program Section 8 Project-Based Program Section 8 New Construction Section 8 Project-Based Program Age 62 or older, or disabled Age 55 or older Age 55 or older Age 62 or older Age 55 or older RESIDENT SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS
Partnerships that demonstrate our community’s commitment to meeting the supportive needs of vulnerable citizens have helped the GRHC maximize the resources available to our residents.
Ongoing collaborations between our Resident Services staff and the nursing departments at Grand Valley State University (GVSU), Aquinas College, Calvin College and the University of Detroit Mercy bring valuable health informational programs, health screenings and wellness programs to the low-income families we serve. In addition, social work interns from Calvin College, GVSU, Cornerstone University and Western Michigan University work with our staff to link residents with community resources and also help to meet residents’ social and recreational needs.
During 2017 GRHC Resident Services Specialists became certified through the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR) program, which gives professionals who provide direct client services the information and insights they need to help eligible households successfully navigate the process of applying for Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. SOAR can open doors to housing, medical care, increased self-sufficiency and improved quality of life.
Among the many resident services highlights of the past year... • A new on-site Meals On Wheels Dining Center opened at Leonard Terrace Apartments. • The GRHC partnered with Grand Rapids Public Schools and the USDA-funded “Meet Up and Eat Up” Summer Food Service Program to offer summer meals for children at the Campau Commons and Creston Plaza community centers. • GRHC staff and community partners coordinated opportunities for residents to give back to the community: I Seniors participated in a City of Grand Rapids “Age Friendly Communities” initiative, offering input and suggestions. I Campau Commons residents worked with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks and neighbors to spruce up Campau Park. I The Sheldon Apartments Knitting Club donated dozens of soft baby hats to the Childbirth Center at Metro Health. I Hope Community residents made holiday cards for the senior residents of Sheldon Apartments. COMMUNITY PARTNERS, DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS
ACCESS of West Michigan Consumers Energy Goodwill Industries Kent County Head Start ACSET Cornerstone University Gorman’s Furnishings Kent County Health Advanced Professional Home Covenant House Academy Vicente and Meridell Gracias Department Health Care The Craft Outlet Grand Rapids Black Nurses Kent County Tax Credit Airway Oxygen D.A. Blodgett Association Coalition Alcoholics Anonymous Daybreak Church Grand Rapids Christian Schools Kent ISD Bright Beginnings American Legion Post 459 Deaf & Hard of Hearing Grand Rapids City Commission Kent Regional 4C American Red Cross Services Grand Rapids Community Knapp Hearing Aids Arbor Circle Delaware Manor & Heights College The Kroc Center Area Agency on Aging of Diabetes Prevention Program Grand Rapids Community LaGrave Avenue Christian Western Michigan Dispute Resolution Center of Development Department Reformed Church Association for the Blind & West Michigan Grand Rapids Dream Center Legal Aid of Western Michigan One In Christ Ministries St. Alphonsus Church Visually Impaired Dwelling Place, Inc. Grand Rapids Equal Life EMS Orbit Medical St. Luke AME Zion Church Baby Scholars Early Learning Neighborhood Opportunity Department LINC Community Park Church St. Robert of Newminster Marian Barrerra-Young Collaborative Grand Rapids Fire Department Revitalization Inc. Pine Rest Christian Parish Baxter Community Center East Grand Rapids Public Grand Rapids Police Literacy Center of West Mental Health Services The StoreHouse Baxter Neighborhood Schools Department Michigan Planned Parenthood Strong Beginnings Association Easter Seals Grand Rapids Public Library Main Street Association Plymouth Heights Christian James Trimble Bethany Christian Services Effex Management Solutions Grand Rapids Public Museum Marie Catrib’s Reformed Church Two Men and a Truck Bittersweet Ski Area Exact Care Pharmacy Grand Rapids Public Schools Earnestine Mays Podiatry West United Methodist Community Boston Square Christian Express Employment Grand Rapids Symphony Meals On Wheels Western Project C.O.O.L. House Reformed Church Professionals Grand Rapids Urban League Michigan The Rapid United Way 211 Bridge Street House of Prayer Fair Housing Center of West Grand Valley State University Metro Health The Red Project U.S. Department of Housing & Buist Community Center Michigan Great Lakes Furnishings Michigan State Housing Rental Property Owners Urban Development Business Management Solutions Family Outreach Center GVSU Kirkhof College of Development Authority Association Unity Christian High School Calvin College Family Promise Nursing Michigan State University Reserve Wine & Food University of Detroit Mercy Campus Elementary School Feeding America West Guardian Angel Home Health Extension Rhoades McKee Urban Pharm Care One Home Health Services Michigan Food Bank Care MLK Trucking Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Volunteer Management Assn. Care Resources Fellowship Chapel Kids Club Habitat for Humanity of Kent The Mosley Family Association of West Michigan Hugo Carmona Fifth Third Bank County Mount Zion Food Ministry Kristi Sallie Volunteers In Service Celebration Cinema First United Methodist Church Healthy Homes Coalition Mulders Vending Salon On the Go, Walmart Chemical Bank Forest Hills Presbyterian HHS Health Options Multitude Ministries Mar’Cia Everette Western Michigan University Comerica Bank Church Holland Home of Grand Rapids Matt Murphy The Salvation Army Wheels to Work Cherry Street Health Services Forgotten Seniors Ministry Home Instead Senior Care Faye Myers Samaritas Women’s Resource Center Cinnaire Frederik Meijer Gardens & Home Repair Services NAHRO Santa Claus Girls YMCA City of Grand Rapids Sculpture Park Hospice of Michigan Narcotics Anonymous Scholastic Books Lorraine Young City of Grand Rapids Mobile Freedom in Christ Ministries Huntington Bank National Kidney Foundation SECOM YOGA GR & Parking Services Pastor David French Hurst Mechanical Network 180 Senior Neighbors YWCA City of Wyoming Margaret and Kurt Freund Indian Trails New Hope Baptist Church Senior Sing A-Long Zylstra Medical Supply, Inc. ClearCaptions Friends of Grand Rapids Parks Inner City Christian Federation New St. Mark Baptist Church Simply A Loving Touch Comcast Fuller Avenue Christian Jimmy John’s North American Senior Homecare Services Community Action Partnership Reformed Church Ken’s Furniture & Mattress Benefits Pastor Raycheen Sims of Kent County Randy Gabrielse Kent County Department of North End Community Sixty-First District Court Community Home Health Care Genesis Non-Profit Housing Health & Human Services Ministries South East Community Assn. Services Corporation Kent County Essential Needs Oakdale Neighbors Spectrum Health EncourAge Compass Properties Gilda’s Club Task Force Oakdale Park Christian Spectrum Health Healthier Comprenew Go Docs Go Kent Co. Friend of the Court Reformed Church Communities FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS: STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS Fiscal year ended June 30, 2017
Current Assets: Current liabilities: Cash and cash equivalents ...... 6,103,912 Accounts payable ...... 847,687 Receivables, net ...... 267,412 Accrued liabilities ...... 109,473 Prepaid expenses and other assets ...... 29,551 Intergovernmental payables ...... 217,192 Total current assets ...... 6,400,875 Deferred revenue...... 54,723 Other current liabilities ...... 31,136 Noncurrent assets: Loans and notes payable ...... 442,552 Restricted cash and cash equivalents . . . . . 4,487,340 Total current liabilities ...... 1,702,763 Capital assets: Land ...... 1,263,981 Noncurrent liabilities: Building and equipment ...... 72,534,416 Bonds, notes and loans payable ...... 12,572,651 Construction in progress ...... 952,034 Tenant security deposits ...... 240,181 Less: accumulated depreciation . . . . (26,918,179) Unearned revenue ...... 15,299,606 Capital assets, net ...... 47,832,252 Net pension liability ...... 823,201 Other noncurrent assets ...... 195,055 Family Self-Sufficiency Program escrow ...... 758,264 Total noncurrent assets ...... 52,514,647 Noncurrent liabilities - other ...... 272,744 Total noncurrent liabilities ...... 29,966,647 Total assets ...... 58,915,522 Total liabilities ...... 31,669,410 Deferred outflows of resources ...... 114,203 Net assets: Invested in capital assets, net of related debt . . . . . 34,817,049 Restricted ...... 3,488,895 Unrestricted ...... (10,945,629) Total net assets ...... 27,360,315 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS: STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSE Fiscal year ended June 30, 2017
Operating revenues: OPERATING REVENUES Tenant revenue ...... 2,617,918 Government operating grants ...... 24,387,495 Other revenue ...... 2,581,073 Government Operating Grants Total operating revenues ...... 29,586,486 Tenant Revenue
Operating expenses: Other Revenue Administrative ...... 4,221,079 Tenant services ...... 787,233 Utilities ...... 1,164,374 Maintenance ...... 1,881,405 General ...... 643,992 OPERATING EXPENSES Housing assistance payment ...... 18,108,264 Total operating expenses before depreciation...... 26,806,347 Housing Assistance Payments
Administrative Costs Operating income before depreciation ...... 2,780,139 Maintenance
Nonoperating revenues (expenses): Utilities Interest and investment revenue ...... 4,971 Interest expense ...... (533,207) Tenant Services
Loss on disposal of capital assets ...... (74,921) General Costs Net nonoperating expenses ...... (603,157)
Capital grant ...... 10,237 Depreciation and amortization expense ...... (2,126,140)
Net Income (loss)...... 61,079 GRAND RAPIDS HOUSING COMMISSION PROGRAM SUMMARY
S V P L -I H T C 3,382 units, rental subsidy for low-income households renting privately 441 units. Tax credits give investors an economic incentive to invest in owned property in Greater Grand Rapids. affordable housing. Housing Choice Voucher Program: Campau Commons Apartments: Families, Seniors, Disabled The primary federal Section 8 program Creston Plaza Apartments: Families, Seniors, Disabled Mainstream Program: Rental subsidy for very low-income persons Mount Mercy Apartments: Seniors who are disabled Sheldon Apartments: Seniors Hope Community Rapid Re-Housing Program: Homeless Women S P -B P and Children 613 units, rental subsidy is assigned to specific units within a building or to an entire building. R R -H P Campau Commons Apartments: Families, Seniors, Disabled 24 units. The GRHC receives HUD and Continuum of Care Creston Plaza Apartments: Families, Seniors, Disabled grants to fund on-site case management services for residents of Leonard Terrace Apartments: Seniors Hope Community. Mount Mercy Apartments: Seniors Sheldon Apartments: Seniors, Disabled R A D P/P H Oroiquis Apartments, Heron Court: Disabled 302 units. Apartments and single-family homes for low-income households. Heron Manor Apartments: Seniors Adams Park Apartments*: Disabled, Seniors Campau Commons Apartments: Families, Seniors, Disabled S M R Creston Plaza Apartments: Families, Seniors, Disabled 102 units, subsidizes tenant rents in apartment buildings renovated by Scattered Sites*: The GRHC makes a limited number of duplex units private developers. and single-family, rent-to-own homes available to eligible low-income Calumet Flats families. Single-family Scattered Sites units will be administered Verne Barry Place under a Section 5(h) Homeownership Program. *Adams Park and 20 Scattered Sites duplex units will be converted from S N C the Low-Income Public Housing Program to Section 8 Project-Based 153 units, rental subsidy program that encouraged developers to Program housing through the HUD RAD Program. construct new rental housing for low-income families. Ransom Tower Apartments: Seniors S P P H R Section 5(h) Homeownership Program, currently in development: S P S C Eligible families rent a home through our Scattered Sites housing Family Self-Sufficiency Program: Offers Section 8 residents the program with the option to buy the home. opportunity to accrue funds in an escrow account as they become Family Self-Sufficiency Program: employed and advance in the workplace. Offers Public Housing Program participants the opportunity to Section 8 Homeownership Program: Qualified Section 8 recipients use accrue funds in an escrow account as they become employed and their rental subsidy toward home mortgage payments. advance in the workplace. Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Grant: Funds case management, nutrition services, health and wellness programs, transportation and other services that support the disabled and senior residents of Adams Park Apartments. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HUD GRANT AWARDS JEAN McKEE RESIDENT
C F P SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FY 2017: $360,742 G FFY 2016: $377,190 G FFY 2015: $376,679 G FY 2014: $477,965 Each year the GRHC awards college scholarships to O F P deserving college-bound residents of our affordable FFY 2017: $833,659 housing programs. Winners receive $500 each year S H C V P for up to four years for a total scholarship award of FFY 2017: $21,155,356 up to $2,000.
R O S -S - F S -S P The scholarship program was established in FFY 2017: $334,669 memory of Jean McKee, a local attorney, former teacher and longtime champion of education who S M R P served on the Housing Commission from 1985 FFY 2017, Verne Barry Place: $519,736 until her death in 1999. FFY 2017, Calumet Flats: $0 (development underwent modernization) Congratulations to the scholarship winners for the S P -B P 2017-2018 academic year: FFY 2017, Ransom Tower Apartments: $937,095 • Kamania Chambers is a graduate of University S H G Preparatory Academy. She attends Western Hope Community, FFY 2017: $159,663 Michigan University, with the goal of becoming a physician assistant. • Esperance Mihigo attends Grand Rapids Community College, with the goal of becoming an obstetrician. • Taylor Daniels is a Wyoming High School graduate. She is a pre-dentistry student at Eastern Michigan University. GRAND RAPIDS HOUSING COMMISSION | 1420 FULLER AVENUE SE | GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49507 | 616.235.2600 | WWW.GRHOUSING.ORG