Baker Commons is a 64 unit housing project located at 106 Packard Street in Ann Arbor at the corner of South Main Street. More than 50% of the current renters are disabled and the remainder of the population is mixed. All of the units are one-bedroom.
Managed by the Ann Arbor Housing Commission.
https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Housing/programs/Pages/Baker-Commons.aspx
In the news
- 6 years and $65M later, Ann Arbor no longer has public housing. MLive, March 29, 2019. "Through the RAD program, housing commissions can restructure their public housing in a way that allows private investors to contribute the capital for large-scale renovations and, in some cases, demolition and a complete rebuild."
- Ann Arbor DDA Grants $300K to Public Housing, Ann Arbor Chronicle, March 6, 2013
- DDA to Put Roof on Public Housing Complex , Ann Arbor Chronicle, October 3, 2012
- Hot water restored after three days at Ann Arbor's Baker Commons apartments, Ann Arbor News, January 2009
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Baker Commons Tenant Robert Morgan Leads Protest to City Council, July 1995. Photo from AADL "Old News".
- Tenants call rent strike, Ann Arbor News, July 7, 1994 via AADL "Old News".
News references
- Baker Commons stories on AnnArbor.com
- Baker Commons stories on Ann Arbor Chronicle
- Baker Commons stories on Ann Arbor Observer
- Baker Commons stories in the Google News archives
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