Category: Unhoused
Officers clear out Kzoo homeless encampment
Residents were given 5 minutes to grab their things and go.
Residents given more time to leave homeless encampment
Workers blocked off the encampment by the river and hauled away portable toilets, but residents will be given more time to move.
Activists protest shutdown of homeless encampment
City officials plan to shut down the long-running Ampersee encampment, but protestors ask “Where will they go?”
Michigan still has $500M for rental assistance
Money is available for those who need help with housing. Meanwhile, feds have extended eviction ban until October.
Kzoo homeless encampment triples in size
Homeless advocates say the encampment has grown as people flock from other areas of the city.
Homeless intervention program extended through July
A Kalamazoo hotel will continue to shelter the unhoused for at least the next two months.
An old hotel and a hope for the unhoused
A group is raising money to renovate an old Kalamazoo hotel into housing for the unhoused.
Housing the unhoused: A crisis spurs ingenuity
Housing advocates are promoting housing-first models for getting homeless people into shelters fast.
Kzoo commits $250K to housing the houseless
County agencies are moving people from tent camps into hotel rooms.
County considering legal maneuvers to set up homeless shelter
Kalamazoo County bid on the former Lakeside Academy, but lost. Now the county is considering eminent domain to turn it into a shelter.
Officers clear out Kzoo homeless encampment
Residents were given 5 minutes to grab their things and go.
Residents given more time to leave homeless encampment
Workers blocked off the encampment by the river and hauled away portable toilets, but residents will be given more time to move.
Activists protest shutdown of homeless encampment
City officials plan to shut down the long-running Ampersee encampment, but protestors ask “Where will they go?”
Michigan still has $500M for rental assistance
Money is available for those who need help with housing. Meanwhile, feds have extended eviction ban until October.
Kzoo homeless encampment triples in size
Homeless advocates say the encampment has grown as people flock from other areas of the city.
Homeless intervention program extended through July
A Kalamazoo hotel will continue to shelter the unhoused for at least the next two months.
An old hotel and a hope for the unhoused
A group is raising money to renovate an old Kalamazoo hotel into housing for the unhoused.
Housing the unhoused: A crisis spurs ingenuity
Housing advocates are promoting housing-first models for getting homeless people into shelters fast.
Kzoo commits $250K to housing the houseless
County agencies are moving people from tent camps into hotel rooms.
County considering legal maneuvers to set up homeless shelter
Kalamazoo County bid on the former Lakeside Academy, but lost. Now the county is considering eminent domain to turn it into a shelter.
