Early Housing Survey Results Show Hunger For Housing Reform In Leelanau
By Craig Manning | Aug. 14, 2026
When members of the Leelanau Housing Collaborative launched a survey last month to “help local leaders understand what the community supports when it comes to attainable, year-round housing,” they weren’t sure what to expect. Now those same housing advocates are feeling emboldened, because early survey results are showing a clear appetite for zoning changes, smaller lot sizes, and other housing policy reform in Leelanau County.
“The main takeaway from the first month is that over 75 percent of our respondents recognize [housing] is a very major problem,” says Bob Johnson, who is representing the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council in the Leelanau Housing Collaborative. “The very first question on the survey …
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