The Eastgate Regional Council of Governments has unveiled a Regional Housing Strategy for Mahoning and Trumbull Counties. Developed by the Greater Ohio Policy Center and Reinvestment Fund, the Strategy provides recommendations for programs and initiatives that will help continue to stabilize and strengthen housing markets in the Mahoning Valley.
The Strategy encompasses the full range of housing from luxury market-rate to housing that serves the region’s most vulnerable populations. It offers data-driven recommendations about policy, program, and funding adjustments that can help set the course for a better functioning housing market. The actions outlined in the recommendations will encourage the types of housing that are needed and desired in individual jurisdictions and neighborhood-level sub-markets.
The Strategy recommends Regional and Localized Initiatives.
Regional initiatives require cross-sectoral partnership and new programmatic development. They are designed to address shared issues in a strategic, coordinated way.
Localized initiatives can be implemented by individual actors in their own communities at any time, apart from the regional initiatives. They include strategies that are customizable to different types of local actors (e.g. local governments, non-profits, social service agencies, and developers) and for different market conditions.
The Strategy and related data analyses are accessible here.