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A bittersweet milestone
Nearly 7,000 people have filled out applications for 20 housing units at The Grove at Veridian By Aaron Cooper, Executive Director, Avalon Housing After working on the Grove at Veridian project for going on 8 years, Avalon Housing finally reached an important...
Meet Aaron Palmer, Karen Wanza and Jeff Wojcik, Avalon’s newest board members
At its December 2024 meeting, the Avalon Board of Directors voted to add three new members: Aaron Palmer, Karen Wanza and Jeff Wojcik. Aaron and Karen have been members of Avalon's Voices of Community Advocates and Leaders (VOCAL) for years, and Jeff has served on the...
Applications are open for The Grove at Veridian
UPDATE, DECEMBER 18, 2024: THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS NOW CLOSED Avalon Housing is accepting applications for residents to live at the Grove at Veridian, the new affordable housing development on Platt Road in Ann Arbor. The homes have up to four bedrooms, making the...
Avalon staff speak at Summit on Ending Homelessness in Lansing
Several Avalon Housing staff members participated in the 2024 Michigan Summit on Ending Homelessness in Lansing, Oct. 29 and 30. Director of Services Molly Smith and Sean Allen, Intensive Case Management Team Lead, spoke at a session titled "Housing First Foundational...
Arbordale Apartments renamed for Bunyan Bryant, late activist and professor who was once denied housing there
In addition, the community center at the complex is now named after Jean Carlberg -- Bunyan Bryant’s widow, longtime housing advocate and former Ann Arbor City Councilmember. Avalon Housing’s Arbordale Apartments is now the Bunyan Bryant Apartments, in honor of the...
Approve county millage to help support neighbors leaving homelessness
By Aaron Cooper, Executive Director, Avalon Housing All across Michigan, many of our most vulnerable neighbors are struggling to keep a roof over their heads. This year, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority estimated that the state is short nearly...
Thank you for making Home for Good a great success!
Thank you to all who attended or donated to our annual Home for Good fundraiser on Sept. 18. Together, we raised a significant amount of money to help fund essential support services that will keep our neighbors in their homes - for good. From the entire Avalon...
“We’re serving our folks in the way they need to be served”: Intensive Case Management team works with tenants with the highest needs
For agencies like Avalon operating under the Housing First principle, the first step in ending homelessness is to put people in homes. But we also know that it’s often far from the last step. Beyond the lack of an affordable home, issues contributing to homelessness –...