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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 –...
Back to School Drive yields more than 300 items
Donors contributed more than 300 items, from backpacks to water bottles to school supplies, to Avalon's Back to School Drive. The gear will be distributed to children living at Avalon Housing properties as they get ready for the upcoming school year. For more...
Michigan legislature approves $20 million for supportive housing services
In late June, the Michigan legislature passed a state budget that includes a historic $20 million for supportive services. The funding was championed by Senator Jeff Irwin, Representative Felicia Brabec, the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), Avalon Housing,...
Avalon Housing statement on Grants Pass vs. Johnson ruling
Avalon Housing is disappointed and dismayed by today's U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass vs. Johnson. The court ruled that cities can enforce bans on people sleeping outside when there is no shelter available. This decision essentially criminalizes the...