Region G Action Plan
Housing Forward | Strategy & Solutions
We Are Not Planning Anymore. We Are Building.
Region G has done the work that comes before the work. We have the data. We have great partnerships. We have a clear picture of what our eight counties need and who is best positioned to deliver it. What comes next is execution, and this Action Plan is how we get there.
The Region G Housing Action Plan was developed in alignment with Michigan’s Statewide Housing Plan and updated in 2025 to reflect what we have learned, what we have accomplished, and where the work is most urgent. It is organized around three areas where Housing Forward and our regional partners are actively driving change.
What the Plan Covers
Housing Ecosystem — Building the Infrastructure for Long-Term Success
Housing doesn’t get built, and doesn’t stay affordable, without the right systems in place. This part of the plan focuses on the coordination, data infrastructure, and workforce capacity that make everything else possible. That means strengthening collaboration across counties and sectors, centralizing access to housing data and resources, and growing the regional construction workforce through formal partnerships with trades associations, community colleges, and workforce development agencies. The goal: at least three active regional workforce partnerships by 2027, with the Builder Pipeline Initiative as our first concrete step.
Communication & Education — Making Sure Everyone Can Participate
Housing decisions happen in rooms. Our job is to make sure the right people are in those room, and that when they get there, they have the information they need to act. This part of the plan commits Housing Forward to meeting people across all eight counties where they are: through collaborative community meetings, accessible materials, real stories from real residents and employers, and up-to-date connections to the programs and services that already exist. If people don’t know help is available, it isn’t.
Housing Stock — More Homes, Better Homes, Homes That Last
This is the core of the work. Region G needs 7,554 more rental units and 23,577 more for-sale homes by 2029. Getting there requires action on multiple fronts at once: facilitating 2,500 new missing middle housing units, rehabilitating aging stock and supporting 250 households with repair financing, converting vacant and underused buildings into homes, modernizing zoning in communities across the region, and expanding the nonprofit and faith-based organizations actively engaged in housing development. It also means tracking progress, through permit data, municipal adoption of zoning reforms, and annual reporting, so that what we commit to, we can account for.