Housing

GOPC Developing a Regional Housing Strategy for Mahoning Valley

GOPC Developing a Regional Housing Strategy for Mahoning Valley

GOPC and our subconsultant, Reinvestment Fund, were in the Mahoning Valley this week sharing our interim research findings. Several dozen people attended the public information event and offered important feedback and insights on how the research team is classifying neighborhood market strength and how housing cost-burden is being experienced by different vulnerable populations in the region. 

Legislature Set to Return to Columbus to Iron Out Dueling Capital Spending Bills, Address Other Issues

Legislature Set to Return to Columbus to Iron Out Dueling Capital Spending Bills, Address Other Issues

Lawmakers have been on an extended spring break as they campaigned for office in yesterday's statewide primary election, and now head into the Easter Holiday. However, they are scheduled to return to Columbus the week of April 8th to resolve a number of issues before breaking for the summer. 

Update: The Michigan Housing Pattern Book

Update: The Michigan Housing Pattern Book

Michigan Municipal League and Michigan Economic Development Corporation recently released an encore production, The Missing Middle Mixtape: More Pattern Book Homes for 21st Century Michigan, which includes four new housing designs.

GOPC, Housing Advocates Recommends Proposed Changes To 'Single Family Tax Credit' Rules

GOPC, Housing Advocates Recommends Proposed Changes To 'Single Family Tax Credit' Rules

On December 7, GOPC and other Housing Advocates presented recommendations for ways to improve the proposed rules for the new Ohio Single Family Housing Tax Credit, a new state program that would invest $50 million per year over four years, to develop new single-family housing across the state.