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Overview

Emmet Housing Solutions Fund

Overview: Established in December 2019 with support from the Frey Foundation, this fund provides financial resources to address the costs of creating homes in Emmet County, focusing in part on early development costs.

Purpose: Help overcome barriers to building homes by providing grants and loans to nonprofit organizations and local government agencies actively working on housing.

Geographic Scope: Emmet County, MI

Eligible Applicants:

  • Nonprofit organizations

  • Local government agencies

  • Organizations actively working on housing in Emmet County
  • Focus Areas:

  • Land acquisition costs

  • Material costs

  • Legal and engineering fees

  • Designs and site plans

  • Infrastructure development

  • Community land trusts

  • Habitat development projects
  • Barriers Addressed:

  • Land acquisition costs

  • Material costs

  • Labor shortages

  • Local zoning restrictions

  • Uncertainty and perceived risk at pre-development stage

  • Limited capacity of local organizations and municipalities
  • Funding Type: The fund makes both grants and loans and actively partners with others to leverage additional resources.

    Past Grant Recipients:

  • Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity (infrastructure at Habitat build sites in Oden and Alanson)

  • Northern Homes Community Development Corporation (support for Harbor Area Residential Trust community land trust)

  • Lofts at Lumber Square project (60-unit apartment building in downtown Petoskey area)
  • Contact:

  • David (DJ) Jones, Executive Director

  • Phone: 231-348-5820

  • Email: [email protected]

  • Sarah Ford, Director of Community Philanthropy

  • Phone: 231-348-5820
  • How to Apply

    How to Apply

    Interested organizations should contact the Community Foundation for more information and to discuss grant opportunities.

    Contact for Application Information:

  • Sarah Ford, Director of Community Philanthropy

  • Phone: 231-348-5820

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    nonprofitsaffordable-housinghousing

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