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A charter amendment likely to be on the May ballot would require Cincinnati to spend at least $50 million a year on affordable housing. Advocates say it s long past time to act, while critics say the impact on the budget would be devastating.
Cincinnati Homeless Coalition Executive Director Josh Spring says it s encouraging that council is talking about the crisis more, but he says talk isn t enough. With these issues, we often end up where folks say, Let s create a task force; let s do a study; let s put together a report, Spring said. If we don t take action, if we don t put real money into it, we re not going to get ourselves out of this crisis.
$77 million OTR development moves forward without guaranteed affordable housing
Council voted along unusual lines to secure streetcar funding at the expense of subsidized units. Freeport Row at Liberty and Elm streets in Over-The-Rhine. (Source: Kean Ventures/City of Cincinnati) By Brian Planalp | February 3, 2021 at 8:37 PM EST - Updated March 17 at 8:44 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Cincinnati City Council voted 5-4 to advance a massive new development in Over-The-Rhine Wednesday.
The $77 million project moves forward without guaranteed affordable housing over the strong objections of some community members as well as the minority voting block.
The issue divided council along strange lines, with Republicans backing more money for the streetcar and Democrats voting against it.
City Council approves controversial $80M housing development in OTR, with no affordable units
An $80 million development in Over-the-Rhine will move forward with no commitment to providing affordable housing units, despite neighborhood advocatesâ successful pleas to have discussion paused for renegotiation.
and last updated 2021-02-03 18:24:01-05
CINCINNATI â An $80 million development in Over-the-Rhine will move forward with no commitment to providing affordable housing units, despite neighborhood advocatesâ successful pleas to have discussion paused for renegotiation.
The pause ended, and a revised development agreement moved through City Council Wednesday with a vote of 5-4.
The final version of the Liberty and Elm project â a 300-unit apartment complex with commercial space and a parking garage â isnât quite as tall as the original proposal. It also includes a requirement that the developer make a âgood faith effortâ to apply for affor
Councilmember files motion to require affordable units in major housing developments
Michael Benedict
and last updated 2021-02-04 13:03:49-05
CINCINNATI â Councilmember Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney on Wednesday filed a motion that would require major residential and mixed-use developments to include affordable housing units if they want city tax breaks.
Kearney and three fellow Democrats voted against it, but the plan passed with âyesâ votes from Republicans Steve Goodin, Liz Keating and Betsy Sundermann, Democrat Chris Seelbach and independent Christopher Smitherman.
In a news release announcing her motion, Kearney said her plan would benefit neighborhoods and developers alike. Mandating affordable spaces in large-scale housing projects â those with 50 or more units â will help Cincinnatians remain in their neighborhoods and promote daily interactions among people from different socioeconomic backgrounds, she wrote.