The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s Black Rock Crossing development with Woda Copper Companies will begin filling up with families later this year. Housing development, which aims to address challenges for low-income residents, can help people more easily manage their money. KBIC CEO Brigitte Lapointe-Dunham says having access to a variety of amenities, such as a fitness area, common rooms, and energy efficient appliances are just a couple of ways residents can take control of life.
Well, we know in today’s world, everything is expensive. So having the ability to offer low-income housing to people and, well, you said it, manage their money, manage how they spend, what they take in on housing, on utilities. This is just a great project to have in place to allow people to budget and understand what their monthly expenses are. Then we’ll be on housing. And then they can kind of set things aside for the other important things. – Brigitte LaPointe-Dunham, CEO, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Pre-applications are open for Keweenaw Bay Indian community members. The development will include 50 units, with nine set aside for the tribe. Lapointe-Dunham says kbic has several members living in Marquette County. The development has begun to create a waitlist for pre-applications for non-tribal members. Learn more about the Black Rock Crossing housing development online.
