The Bureau of Transportation Planning (BTP) is one of six bureaus within the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).  The role of the BTP is to create and carry-out a process in which the trasportation system be changed according to programs and recommendations based on social, economic, and enviromental goals, such as safer bus routes, reducing the costs of transportation, using more enviormentally friendly transportation, etc.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) was established in 1966 and is a program designed to provide technical and financial assistance to construct and maintain adequate and safe housing, address homeless issues, bring community members together for economic development, and to create effervescent and interesting communities. MSHDA is financed by taxable bond which are tax-exempt, allowing it to operate efficiently without the use of state revenue. These proceeds are loaned out to rental property developers at below-market interest rates to enhance Michigan communities through the funding for mortgages and home improvement loans.

On April 10, 2009, Keith Molin, the executive director of MSHDA announced that Michigan's homeless will be assisted through the organizations Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) and Rural Homeless Initiative, which have been worked into the 2009 fiscal year. The funds total in $7.8 million, which will be allocated throughout the state. This funding will provide assistance to over 79,000 of Michigan's homeless.

The Michigan Main Street Center (MMS) is a program of Specialized Technical Assistance and Revitalization Strategy (STARS) at MSHDA that makes it goal to revitalize and improve downtown areas throughout Michigan, including the redevelopment of residential, commercial, and other properties. STARS promotes downtown living in many areas, the cultural assets, and business development in cities selected through the competitive application process of the MMS program. The program uses a 4-Point approach to revitalize the assisted communities. The 4-Point Approach is:

1.    Design
This part of the approach capitalizes on the all of the assets of the community, including important and historic buildings to create an inviting atmosphere that can be well sustained.
2.    Economic Restructuring
This part of the approach helps promote local businesses and to bring news ones, filling unused space for a thriving downtown.
3.    Promotion
This part of the approach using public relations to promote the area, enticing people to come to the downtown area.
4.    Organization
This part of the approach uses all the assets of downtown, mainly the people and stakeholders, to volunteer to work on their community through the MMS program under the bearing of standing committees and a governing board, with the guidance of a employed program director.
STARS also controls two other programs: Blueprints for Michigan’s Downtowns and Downtown Market Analyses.