Affordable housing advocates say city-approved ballot language biased against housing trust fund
Cincinnatians will vote in May on a charter amendment to create a multimillion-dollar affordable housing trust fund, but local affordable housing advocates arenât happy with the language destined for their ballots.
and last updated 2021-03-16 21:19:40-04
Cincinnatians will vote in May on a charter amendment to create a multimillion-dollar affordable housing trust fund, but local affordable housing advocates arenât happy with the language destined for their ballots. Some, including Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati head Margaret Fox, believe the wording is prejudicial and misleading.
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Last week Cincinnati City Council approved significant changes to the summary of the amendment, despite protests from the original petitioners. The petitioners are now suing the county Board of Elections, City Council, and the Ohio Secretary of State.
The proposal has received significant pushback from city officials and candidates in this year s local elections. Cincinnati City Council Member Greg Landsman doesn’t support the charter amendment effort but has proposed his own legislation in response to the city s affordable housing shortage.
City Manager Paula Boggs Muething says the financial impact of the charter amendment would be catastrophic. She says if it passes, basic services would be dramatically impacted, and departments eliminated.
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After pushback, Elm and Liberty development goes back to the drawing board
Advocates have pushed for more affordable housing for the project, and Cincinnati City Council is set weigh their options Wednesday.
and last updated 2021-02-02 20:36:31-05
CINCINNATI â An ongoing battle over affordable housing in Over-the-Rhine has culminated in two new possible versions of a development intended to create a $77 million mixed-use development at Liberty and Elm streets.
The project has been in the works for years, but it went back before Cincinnati City Council in January after developers requested approval to expand it, adding an adjacent vacant lot to its footprint. Lawmakers voted to suspend final approval of the project for two weeks to allow for more time to work with the developer and ensure affordably priced units were included in the plan.
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