Affordable Housing

The challenge of expanding affordable housing for senior citizens in central Ohio remains a focus for National Church Residences. Within the next two years, the non-profit organization plans to open about 700 new units in central Ohio. However, that will not be enough to fill the demand.

Nationwide Children's Hospital Healthy Homes program will use some of the funds to build more than 200 affordable housing units and 33 homes.

Infant mortality has long been an issue in Ohio. A new report by the Health Policy Institute advocates looking beyond healthcare initiatives to solve the problem.

Among the proposed initiatives was the creation of a rental registry, which would charge landlords a fee that would go toward eviction assistance.

Last month Columbus voters approved a bond package that will provide funding for homes for lower-income residents.

The Downtown Columbus Development Corporation has set ambitious goals for growth in Columbus. It wants to nearly quadruple the number of residents downtown, increase the workforce and create more green space and pedestrian-friendly ways to get around the area all by 2040.

The one-to-three-bedroom townhouses and flats will be reserved for people who make between 30% and 60% of the $55,000 median household income.

Columbus city officials met in Linden Monday morning to share their plans on spending the proposed $200 million affordable housing bond package if voters pass it this fall.

The City of Columbus is proposing a $1.5 billion bond issue on the November ballot that includes $200 million to expand affordable housing. It is four times more than what the city proposed in 2019.

Columbus city attorney Zach Klein said police have been called to Southpark Apartments over 800 times in the last year.