New housing is being built for low and moderate income families and well-to-do young professionals. But average wage-earners are being squeezed out of older neighborhoods that were once the affordable bedrock of city life.
Renters Struggle To Find Affordable Housing In The 'missing Middle'
Jim Harger | jharger@mlive.com, The Grand Rapids Press
Thu, 10/27/2016 - 9:00am
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