Affordable Housing

The city of Youngstown is one of five Ohio communities to receive funding from the state Department of Development to invest in workforce housing.

Columbus City Council member Nicholas Bankston said the registry would include information about rental properties, such as the number of dwelling units, parcel IDs and an emergency contact for the property.

Since the idea for Families Flourish was conceived in 2016, the program has helped about 130 families secure stable housing while getting career and financial coaching.

Upper Arlington and Columbus Alternative High School students researched issues related to affordable housing and discussed solutions with city leaders on Tuesday.

Habitat for Humanity will construct multi-family housing for the first time with its near Near East Side Devon Triangle development project.

The money will go toward four priorities Columbus officials say will create more affordable housing for low and middle-income families.

Columbus City Council is expected to vote on a program that will expedite housing development on land owned by faith-based, educational and non-profit organizations.

Ross is now the chair of the council's Housing, Homelessness and Building committee and vice chair of the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee. She said her first year will include a lot of listening sessions held throughout the community.

The Scarborough will be an 84-unit, income-restricted senior housing complex. It's Trinity Baptist Church's first housing project.

Applications are being accepted for low-interest revolving loans from rural Ohio communities trying to create affordable housing.