Rocket Community Fund Grants $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Michigan for Statewide Property Tax Exemption Outreach
Lansing, MI, February 10, 2026 – Habitat for Humanity of Michigan has received a $50,000 one-year grant from Rocket Community Fund to support coordinated outreach and counseling efforts across Habitat for Humanity’s Michigan affiliates, helping income-eligible homeowners access property tax exemption assistance.
The grant will enable expanded awareness campaigns and direct support to help families understand and access relief options that can prevent property tax foreclosure and strengthen housing stability.
“For over a decade, Rocket Community Fund has been committed to preventing tax foreclosure and keeping at-risk families in their homes,” said Laura Grannemann, Executive Director at Rocket Community Fund. “These investments are the first steps to expanding that focus statewide to ensure that all Michiganders have access to stable housing and the prosperity that comes with it.”
“This grant allows us to meet families where they are and ensure that no one loses their home simply because they didn’t know help was available,” said Wendy Clow, Director of Operations for Habitat for Humanity of Michigan. “With Rocket Community Fund’s support, our affiliates can expand outreach statewide, connecting income-eligible homeowners to critical property tax relief and strengthening housing stability in communities across Michigan.”
Rocket Community Fund has been focused on property tax foreclosure prevention and reform in Detroit since 2013, when Rocket Companies Chairman and Founder Dan Gilbert was named co-chair of the Federal Detroit Blight Removal Taskforce. Through programs like Neighbor to Neighbor, an annual canvassing program that brought property tax exemption information and other resources directly to Detroit residents, Rocket Community Fund helped reduce property tax foreclosures in Wayne County from a peak of 28,323 in 2015 to 2,111 in 2024 – a 93% reduction.
To learn more visit Rocket Community Fund at rocketcommunityfund.org/ or Habitat for Humanity of Michigan at habitatmichigan.org/.
