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Jason Whitman / WVXU Another $29 million in Cincinnati s federal stimulus has been allocated to projects including housing, small business support, summer programs, and the Convention and Visitor s Bureau. Council voted 5-4 Wednesday on a spending plan for the remaining funds in the first year of the American Rescue Plan Act. Council members debated the merits of two competing plans before voting, with agreement on more than half of the proposed projects, including: $3 million for Bethany House s new shelter project $1 million for public museum support $1 million for a women s business program $1 million for UC Medical Center EMS canopy The winning plan, proposed by Interim Member Steve Goodin and backed by David Mann, mainly prioritizes small business; the plan proposed by Greg Landsman and Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney focused more on child care and youth jobs. ....
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Ambriehl Crutchfield / WVXU 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. ....