A year after the groundbreaking of a mixed-income housing development in Flint, we are learning more about the community planning and engagement behind the project to help create a more equitable future for a Flint neighborhood and its residents.

Since 2014 the city of Flint and the Flint Housing Commission have been collaborating to relocate Atherton East Townhomes. Atherton East is a public housing complex that was built on a flood plain and isolated from bus routes. The city has shared that relocating Atherton East residents to new mixed-income housing that’s more centrally located and