This week GOPC hosted the second webinar in our series “Keeping People in Their Homes” a series exploring strategies for promoting neighborhood stability in the time of COVID.  Each webinar in the series addresses themes of neighborhood stability by focusing on strategies well-suited to a variety of actors, including philanthropy. mission-driven developers, local governments and non-profit community advocates.

This week’s webinar was entitled “Pivots Mission-Driven Developers Can Make to Promote Stability During COVID-19” and focused on adjustments developers are making to their work to be more responsive to community needs brought on by COVID.  Topics presented included an effort in Columbus, OH to redirect homeownership funds to rehab and preservation efforts, Toledo’s work in closing the appraisal gap and eliminating blight, and a discussion of land installment contracts in Cincinnati and how they are a useful mechanism for preserving affordability, especially in the COVID era.

If you were unable to attend the webinar, here is this weeks panel discussion.

Panelists for this webinar were:

• Jonathan Welty, President, Ohio Capital Finance Corporation

• Rachel Hastings, Executive Director, Price Hill Will (Cincinnati, OH)

• Kim Cutcher, Executive Director, LISC Toledo

The panel was moderated by Sheldon K. Johnson, Vice President of Community Development at Community Building Partners.

There are two more webinars in the series.  Please see the links below to register or for more information.

Tuesday, February 9 - Rental Protection Legislation for Local Governments

Tuesday, February 16 - Local Government Programming to Support Neighborhood Stability