MSHDA Investing in Community Housing (MICH) Program

The MSHDA Investing in Community Housing (MICH) Program will provide funding for accessibility residential housing repairs and/or upgrades and/or new construction assistance within both rural and urban areas. MICH activities are defined as actions undertaken to promote health or safety for single-family and multi-family residential properties. The intent is to have both an individual short-term benefit and immediate impact on the household itself and to also facilitate a long-term community benefit by improving existing housing stock resulting in increased area home values. The program is being designed to provide long-term housing security and housing supports to provide impacted and disproportionately impacted communities with services to address the negative economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Please note that the form below is only a pre-application to determine if you are eligible to receive the full application for the MICH Phase 2 program from V&B Kalamazoo. If you are not determined to be eligible, you may still be able to apply with a different agency. The links to additional information will be provided after completing the form.

For help completing this form or questions call (269) 855-2862 or (269) 671-1609 en espanol.

Eligibility requirements:

Applicant must rent in the City of Kalamazoo (Vine, Eastside, Edison, or Northside neighborhoods only) OR own a home in Kalamazoo County.
Gross household income must be less than or equal to 60% Area Median Income (AMI) of Kalamazoo County for the household size.
The household must have experienced a pandemic hardship of either a financial hardship based on a loss of household income and/or increased expenses since.
The household must have at least one person with a disability or medical condition that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

For accommodations, modifications, translation, interpretation, or other services, please contact MSHDA-NHID-Research@michigan.gov

All MICH program funding is handled by the local subrecipient agency, and these agencies pay program contractors directly. At no time will any staff from MSHDA or the local agency ask for money to begin/complete the MICH funded work. Any suspicion of fraud should be immediately reported to MSHDA by calling 517-335-9953 or by submitting a fraud complaint on the MSHDA Website: MSHDA Fraud Complaint Form