Election results: Issue 3, Cincinnati s Affordable Housing Amendment Share Updated: 4:38 PM EDT May 4, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:38 PM EDT May 4, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff ALL RESULTS | CINCINNATI MAYOR | ISSUE 3 | ISSUES 1 & 2 | BROWN | BUTLER | CLERMONT | HAMILTON | PREBLE | WARRENCAN T VIEW THE RESULTS? CLICK HERE. The affordable housing plan is one of the most contentious issues in recent memory. There is universal agreement on the need for more affordable housing in Cincinnati. But there is deep-seated division over the way to get it.Issue 3 would require the city of Cincinnati to put $50 million a year into a trust fund for affordable housing.“Issue 3 is the idea of thousands of Cincinnatians,” Josh Spring said.Spring is one of the petitioners who said the trust fund would build and maintain housing that’s aff
2021 Ohio Primary voting guide: Whatâs on the ballot, polling info, more Share Updated: 10:30 PM EDT May 3, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 10:30 PM EDT May 3, 2021
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Show Transcript GOOD AS MINE. ELECTION OFF ICIAL SCRIBE EARLY VOTING TURNOUT AS SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THIS TIME AND THEREâS NO MYSTERY ABOUT WHATâS DRIVING IT. AND THE HOUSING ISSUE MAINLY CAME OUT OVER ISSUES THREE PORTABLE HOUSING ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART. IT HAS ALL VERY CLOSE TO CITY. HALLâS BUDGET ISSUE THREE WOULD MANDATE CITY LAWMAKERS SPEND 50 MILLION ANNUALLY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOUSING ADVOCATES. BELIEVE A RE OF SPENDING PRIORITIES AS LONG OVERDUE WHILE GOVERNMENT LEADERS ARE HOLDING THEIR COLLECTIVE BREATH ABOUT POSSIBLE PASSAGE. YOU KNOW, ITâS ONE OF THE RARE TIMES JOHN WHERE YOUâLL SEE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COME TOGETHER TO TELL YOU SOMETHINGâS A REALLY BAD
Issue 3: Ballot item would require Cincinnati to put $50 million a year toward affordable housing Updated: 7:42 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021 Share Updated: 7:42 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021
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Show Transcript YOU GET ONE OF THESE ISSUE THREE WHAT REQUIRES CINCINNATI TO PUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR INTO A TRUST FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT SOMEBODY WHO HELPS PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR. 50 MILLION DOLLARS BEING DIVERTED OUT OF OUR GENERAL REVENUE FUND. IS ALMOST UNFATHOMABLE. I DON’T KNOW. WHERE WE WOULD START THE FACT IS THE 50 MILLION DOLLARS. EVERY YEAR ISN’T ENOUGH. IT WILL NOT. YEAH, WE ARE SHORT 28,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THE CITY OF CINCINNATI. THE CITY ALREADY HAS MONEY IN A HOUSING TRUST FUND AND ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THE CREATION OF A PRIVATE FUND A NEW FUND THAT WILL SIT OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL TO ATTRACT PRIVATE MONEY IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC MONEY THAT WE’RE GOING TO PUT IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT