Affordable housing, Coe Lake, a birthing center: Cuyahoga County Council mulls $2.36M in grants for community projects

Affordable housing, Coe Lake, a birthing center: Cuyahoga County Council mulls $2.36M in grants for community projects

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County Council is considering awarding $2.36 million in grants to five community projects meant to spur more affordable housing and strengthen neighborhoods.

New Reports Examine Perspectives on Criminal Convictions and Housing - Fair Housing Center for Rights and Research

Contact: Austin Cummings, Phone: 216-306-2542, Email: acummings@thehousingcenter.org CLEVELAND, OH — Today, the Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research released two reports: one detailing housing consumers’ perspectives on securing housing with a criminal conviction record in Cuyahoga County and another examining Cuyahoga County housing provider perspectives on renting to people with criminal convictions. Informed by the […]

Banking on a large East Cleveland development – NEOtrans

Cuyahoga Land Bank and First National Bank (FNB) have announced a new partnership to accelerate development in the Circle East District in East Cleveland by supporting homeownership. Since 2022, the land bank has been busily rebuilding this neighborhood next to University Circle from the sewers up.

$1M housing market stimulation proposed for Cleveland’s East Side

Gap financing proposed to stimulate housing market     The Cuyahoga Land Bank asked Cuyahoga County Council for $1 million to fund a project to stimulate the housing market in the county’s District 10, which includes parts of some Cleveland neighborhoods, such as Collinwood, and the cities of Cleveland Heights, University Heights, East Cleveland and parts of Bratenahl.  At the council’s Community Development and Housing Committee meeting on Mond…

City of Statesboro awarded $1.37 million CHIP grant to expand affordable housing

The City of Statesboro has received a $1.37 million CHIP grant to build new single-family homes for low-income residents, marking its first award from the program since 2001. This funding, supported through an MOU with Habitat for Humanity and Agape Worship Center, will help revitalize the Pine Street neighborhood as part of the city's broader affordable housing and community redevelopment efforts.

Council Authorizes Issuance of $20 Million Bonds for Momentum Projects

The City of Peekskill has been authorized to issue up to $20 million in bonds to finance the cost of the Momentum grant projects, which have the stated goal of funding essential infrastructure for housing. On Tuesday, May 27, the Common Council voted by majority to authorize the issuance of those bonds. Councilman Ramon Fernandez voted against the resolution. Fernandez told the Peekskill Herald he was not convinced it was a good idea due to the …