When Sierra Sieben relocated to Summit County, she was coming from San Diego, California and used CraigsList and the Facebook group Summit County Housing Connection to find a place to live. She was familiar with.
Summit County’s lack of affordable housing is a far-reaching problem that has been closely followed over the past year. Though leaders have invoked myriad programs to increase the amount of attainable units on the market,…
Summit County’s lack of affordable housing is a far-reaching problem that has been closely followed over the past year. Though leaders have invoked myriad programs to increase the amount of attainable units on the market,.
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The goal of last week’s Summit County Housing Action Initiative was to bring various stakeholder groups together to brainstorm initiatives, programs and projects that would help curb Summit County’s affordable housing issue. At the Summit County Commissioners’ work session meeting Tuesday, July 27, county staff and elected officials discussed the six main strategies stakeholders valued the most and identified key players and next steps to move these solutions forward.
The six strategies that were most valued at the housing summit were:
Launching an online clearing house for locals to find housing in and around the county