PONTIAC, Mich. – The city of Pontiac will have an influx of new homes over the next four years.
The Pontiac Housing Commission, along with the Ohio-based F&M Bank, has partnered to create the 100 Homes for Pontiac Program.
“The concept would just be, how do we have a healthy neighborhood?” Ahmad Taylor, Executive Director of the Pontiac Housing Commission, said. “The product is something that a family can own and be proud of.”
The commission, which operates independently from Pontiac’s city government, started the program in April 2025.
The first 12 homes are expected to be completed by the end of this calendar year.
“We decided to go to the new construction concept so we can come up with a whole new design for the neighborhood,” Taylor said. “The idea was to uplift the property value, the dirt in the neighborhood, so the neighbors can also be impacted by this benefit.”
“It was important for the private sector with that partnership to be shown that investments are coming to Pontiac,” he said. “Not only they’re coming to the Pontiac, they’re more importantly, they’re coming into the neighborhoods.”
The initiative will combine market-rate units and affordable housing units.
The commission is also working with potential homeowners to put them in a position to buy their homes.
Homebuyer Education courses are also being offered to PHC clients, who, upon completion, are eligible to receive down payment assistance to purchase one of the 100 Homes.
The commission also offers Homeownership Vouchers through HUD, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, giving renters a structured track to closing on the home.
“This is something that we’ve imagined for years,” said Yvette Transou, the commission’s deputy executive director. “Being here at the Housing Commission for 22 years now, I never would have thought that this could be something that we not only could come up with in the ideal phase but actually have it to come to fruition.”
“We’ve had community support; We have had support from our clients that we service every day,” she said. “The staff has been amazing doing everything that we need to do to make sure that this happens.”
The goal of this program is to show that Pontiac is a place where people can put down roots, and nothing does that more than owning a home.
If you’re interested in getting one of these homes here in Pontiac, all you have to do is visit their website at PontiacHousingMI.com.
“My parents became homeowners when I was in college, and I saw the difference and what that did to our family makeup and how it uplifted some of the financial challenges we had,” Taylor said. “I want to do that here and within the Pontiac community.”