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Washtenaw Housing Alliance

Washtenaw County Among Agencies That Will Receive a Portion of $6.8M in Michigan State Housing Development Authority Grant

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 9, 2014 0

ACTING EXECUTIVE Director Wayne Workman last week announced nearly $6.8 million in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) monies to help Michigan’s 92,000 homeless. Washtenaw County is set to receive $310,975 in funding. The county has an…

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Homeless Advocacy: $50-60K Yearly in Public Funding per Homeless Individual

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 7, 2014 0

by David Alexander WALKING ACROSS A makeshift bridge that straddles Malletts Creek, there’s not much to see in a 2.5-acre section of woods behind 3501 Stone School Road; there is little more than scrub, bushes and trees. But the members…

Urban Exile: Prepared to Slash Human Services Funding, County Commish Writes That Board “Needs Understanding”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 24, 2011 1

by P.D. Lesko Barbara Levin Bergman (left) is retiring from the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners at the end of her present term. As is the case in Washtenaw County politics, Andy LaBarre has been identified as the next District 8…