What is Project Green?

  We know there can be beauty and power in the place we call home. A home can evoke a sense of pride and place where respite, restoration, and personal growth can flourish. This is what informs the mission of Dwelling Place and what motivates us to create affordable housing communities across West Michigan. We create homes where residents feel cared for, respected, and uplifted. It is what inspires us to revitalize neighborhoods: the places where people live, work, and play. 

With 20 years of experience building affordable housing and community power, LINC UP has become more strategic in our pursuit to achieve racial equity in Grand Rapids. We hit some major milestones over the last two decades and we are excited for what the future holds. 

Our mission is to advance a racial equity agenda in Grand Rapids by Expanding Affordable Housing and Increasing Community Power. Ultimately our work is to change policies that limit advancement opportunities in under-resourced communities and neighborhoods. 

• Over 35,000 Kent County homeowners have benefited from the work of Home Repair Services since 1979.
• Home Repair Services has been a civic response for vulnerable homeowners facing critical health and safety repairs.
• Home Repair Services has grown through the years to offer services that not only build up safer and healthier homes, but it has added programs that build up the homeowners that live in them.

•  The Urban League--traditionally an African American organization, assists all people in achieving self-sufficiency and equality.  It is a place where everyone is empowered through economic independence and is an organization that helps people help themselves to a better way of life. All are welcome at the Urban League and everyone belongs--a place where people come together to creatively solve issues and become champions of their own advancement and empowerment. Come join us as we work to change lives here at the Urban League. Together we can Be Empowered to make a difference. 

•  Michigan State University (MSU) Extension helps people improve their lives by bringing the vast knowledge resources of MSU directly to individuals, communities and businesses.  For more than 100 years, MSU Extension has helped grow Michigan’s economy by equipping Michigan residents with the information that they need to do their jobs better, raise healthy and safe families, build their communities and empower our children to dream of a successful future. 

The mission of the Wyoming Housing Commission (WHC) is to promote adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and a suitable living environment free from discrimination.

The WHC owns 195 public housing units. They are located at Westwood Apartments, Waldon Woods, and scattered locations throughout the City of Wyoming. Individuals and families pay rent directly to the WHC based on their income.

The WHC administers approximately 1,150 Housing Choice Vouchers (Section-8) within Kent County and part of Ottawa County. The families and individuals who receive the vouchers pay a portion of their income for rent and the WHC pays the remainder (up to the limits set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development - HUD) directly to the landlords each month.