Scott Ellis

A crowd of officials and supporters were on hand Thursday to cut the ribbon on Avalon Housing’s first development in Ypsilanti. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The leading cause of homelessness is the lack of affordable housing, and that's especially true here in Washtenaw County. Avalon Housing in Ann Arbor works to solve this problem by building more supportive housing communities. The group's co-executive directors, Scott Ellis and Molly Smith, joined Decky Alexander to talk about Avalon's ongoing mission and what may lie ahead for the organization.

Avalon Housing has named two interim co-executive directors while the organization searches for a new permanent executive director. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.