Ohio's housing push
Building, financing and fixing homes, from Cincinnati's abatements to Toledo's rentals.
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- Growth & housing
Cincinnati groups launch a lab to work on the region's housing shortage
Partners include the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, UC's Real Estate Center, LISC and Fifth Third. A modular-housing study is due in November.
- Growth & housing
Toledo moves to extend fair-housing tests on source-of-income bias
Testers posing as renters have found smaller landlords less familiar with the rules. Council is expected to vote next week.
- Growth & housing
Cincinnati's first review of its tiered tax abatements is overdue
The 2023 overhaul required an evaluation by Sept. 1. City staff now want another year of data first.
- Growth & housing
Cleveland proposes longer lead-safe certificates for landlords who replace windows and doors
Only about 30% of the city's rentals hold a valid certificate. The overhaul introduced Oct. 12 aims for harm reduction over perfection.
- Growth & housing
First 44 homes open in the rebuilding of Dayton's DeSoto Bass
The $15.3 million first phase replaces part of the city's first public housing, which opened in 1940.
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