Echoing other research produced since the Great Recession, a new report depicts a county with two distinct housing markets: one more-than-recovered from the 2008 housing bust, the other depressed.
The decision, invalidating a Cleveland Housing Court rule, has broader implications. And it eliminates a tool advocates hoped to use in the fight against childhood lead poisoning.
Mayor Justin Bibb and Cleveland City Council are expected soon to revamp the city’s policy of offering 15-year property tax abatements for new or substantially renovated housing. Ahead of that move, a working group of more than 20 organizations has released its own proposals.
Housing rights activists and community groups in Cleveland are hoping to convince Mayor Bibb and city council to adopt renters protections that would make source of income discrimination illegal.