Michigan RealEstateRama

The DEQ’s Office of the Great Lakes today released a draft water strategy built around a 30-year vision for ensuring Michigan’s water resources support healthy ecosystems, residents, communities and economies

Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) released the following statement urging a moratorium on property tax foreclosures and improved access to services for Detroiters facing today’s deadline:

Established by Executive Order 2015-2, Michigan Interagency Council on Homelessness was created as an advisory body within the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to develop, adopt, and update a 10-year plan to end homelessness. The Council is comprised of 13 members appointed by the Governor.

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, Co-Chair of the Great Lakes Task Force, and Gary Peters, member of the Great Lakes Task Force today applauded the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative announcement to allocate $110,448 to the City of Muskegon to fund green infrastructure projects. The City of Muskegon plans to use the grant to install one constructed wetland, two rain gardens, and one bioswale to help the community prevent the discharge of more than 5 million gallons of untreated stormwater into Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan each year

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced support for Filer Township in Manistee County. The $1,500,000 grant will be used to support necessary improvements to the community's wastewater system. This investment is part of Senator Stabenow's 2014 Farm Bill, which increased funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development Water and Environmental programs.

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today directed Consumers Energy Company to submit additional information on its proposed pilot solar distributed generation program and opened a public comment period.

Rep. Candice Miller (MI-10) issued the following statement after cosponsoring the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 (H.R. 1321), legislation aimed at banning the production and distribution of household products that contain synthetic microbeads

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will have a public meeting to discuss the planned 2016 reconstruction of M-115 from Frankfort to US-31 in Benzie County.

Residents of Michigan who contact their county treasurer’s office to obtain property tax information will no longer have to pay exorbitant fees for those records, under legislation signed today by Gov. Rick Snyder

Building and remodeling to energy efficiency standards and codes benefits homeowners and the environment is the focus during this fourth week of Building Safety Month.

Following the announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency to broadly expand their regulatory authority through the controversial Waters of the United States Rule, Dr. Dan Benishek has released the following statement

The DEQ today announced grants totaling almost $3.1 million to improve water quality in Michigan lakes and streams. These grants will help restore impaired waters and protect high-quality waters by reducing nonpoint sources of sediment, nutrients and other contaminants

Three Detroit, Michigan, area residents pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

The City of Traverse City Department of Public Services will be overseeing Storm water structure inspection work at various locations around the City. Locations that will require more extensive traffic control and partial lane closures include: Grandview Parkway, Division Street, Fourteenth Street, Veterans Drive, Cass Street, Lake Street, Railroad Avenue, Woodmere Avenue, Hannah Avenue, Garfield Avenue, East Eighth Street, Peninsula Drive, Carver Street and the Downtown area. The work is expected to begin on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, and will consist of storm water structure inspection and surveying.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced that his Homeowner Protection Unit has filed thirty felony charges including Racketeering against attorney Steven Barry Ruza, 52, of Orchard Lake and his company, Home Legal Group, Inc., for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Michigan victims that were facing mortgage foreclosures. The charges were filed following an Attorney General investigation