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- Michigan lawmakers are considering a $160 million annual plan to incentivize cities to create more housing.

- The plan would offer incentives up to $100,000 for new homes and $30,000 for repairs, targeting 10,000 new homes over five years.

- Incentives would be tied to cities adopting zoning reforms, but communities could select which reforms to implement.

LANSING — Michigan Municipal League members and a group of bipartisan state legislators are pushing to carve out $160 million a year in the state budget to incentivize cities to make zoning and other changes to help build more houses.

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor said his city has made many of the recommended changes already, including reducing mandated parking spaces for developments, changing to form-based city c

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