7 percent of Midland County housing is considered "substandard," with some townships having as much as 14.9 percent of housing classified this way.
29.3 percent of Midland County residents are living on less than $20,000.
11.1 percent of Midland County residents live below the poverty line, compared with 13.1 percent statewide.
Of those living in poverty in Midland County, female heads of households represent 35.3 percent.
The average selling price of a home in Midland County is $91,810.
The city provides a program of new home ownership for low-to-moderate income households, which has housed 35 households since 1989. The city has also provided 350 units of senior citizen housing.
Habitat for Humanity has completed 15 homes in Midland County as of summer 1997.
In 1997 there was a three to five year waiting list for subsidized housing.

Source: Midland County Community Health Assessment, March 1999

If you would like to learn more about low-income housing in Midland, join the League tour and program on September 28th. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at Grove Street Commons housing complex (at the corner of Indian and State Streets) for a tour followed by a panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. at Chemical Bank on Main Street (use the back entrance off the parking lot). The public is welcome. Details will be published in the Newsletter available on this site shortly.

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