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Opinion: Path clear for funding housing. Is will there? Ellen M. Katz and Kristen Baker © Liz Dufour/The Enquirer Bonnie Neumeirer, longtime Over-the-Rhine resident, takes part in a press conference Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Cincinnati City Council will hold a public hearing in the Economic Growth and Zoning Committee Wednesday, Jan. 20 to discuss this plot of land at Liberty and Elm Streets in Over-the-Rhine. The nearly five-acres would be used for upscale housing units and retail. Several stakeholders, including Michelle Dillingham, who is running for city council, are opposing the project.
Too many households are pressured by rising rents and housing costs as incomes have dropped or stayed the same. We believe that American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds represent an unprecedented opportunity to invest in Cincinnati’s local economy and quality-of-life through the support of housing stability, especially for low- and moderate-income families.
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One of many categories highlighted was affordable housing and the Elim Townhomes project. Located in Buffalo’s Highland Park neighborhood, the 30 unit affordable housing initiative was built as a collaboration between Belmont Housing Resources and Elim Fellowship Church.
Development chair Tim Hogues says partnerships like these can be the spark that reignites communities.
“It s important that we build communities where people from all walks and races and backgrounds can live together,” Hogues said. “Hopefully this will spur continued development, like grocery stores and that type of stuff for individuals.”
The theme of this year s awards ceremony was COVID-19 response, and that was signified as the Jericho Road Community Health Center won the Non-Profit of 2020 Award. From it’s facility on Barton Street in Buffalo it operated a large-scale walk-in COVID-19 testing clinic, and even pop-up sites in the city’s hardest hit zip codes.