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Michigan housing costs outpace wages as eviction risk grows
A National Low Income Housing Coalition report shows a renter earning minimum wage would need 77 hours per week to afford a two bedroom in Michigan. Despite $100 million in relief for 2,000 new affordable rentals, experts warn aid is temporary and evictions may rise after the CDC moratorium ends. Michigan and Detroit face acute shortfalls with hundreds of thousands needing housing, while current rents climb and long term solutions demand policy shifts.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Michigan Poverty Law Program
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Gretchen Whitmer
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Caitlin Sugrue Walter
National Multifamily Housing Council
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Monica Meldrum
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Macomb. County
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dan Threet
Threet
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Detroit Free Press
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Report For America
Ground Truth Project
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Nushrat
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