neighborhoods & housing

Housing Ohio: Tools for Development

Housing Ohio: Tools for Development

Housing production has slowed, prices have surged, and community leaders are searching for tools to address these challenges effectively.

The Ohio REALTORS™ and Greater Ohio Policy Center have developed this guidebook which offers three voluntary tools that local governments, developers, land banks, and homeowners can use to promote infill housing across Ohio.

These tools can be applied individually or in combination to overcome barriers to housing development on vacant lots in established neighborhoods.

Quality Housing For All: A Four-Year Strategic Plan for Springfield

Quality Housing For All: A Four-Year Strategic Plan for Springfield

The Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) has released a multi-year strategic housing plan for Springfield. Quality Housing for All: A Four-Year Strategic Plan for Springfield provides community leaders with a roadmap to address current and future housing needs in Springfield. Community leaders have elevated housing as a communitywide priority.

Positioning Milo-Grogan for Success: Assessing Neighborhood Conditions and Building a Platform for Inclusive Growth

Positioning Milo-Grogan for Success: Assessing Neighborhood Conditions and Building a Platform for Inclusive Growth

Given recent and anticipated market activity in Milo, in 2017, The Columbus Foundation commissioned GOPC to analyze market and demographic conditions in the neighborhood. The report, Positioning Milo-Grogan for Success, was intended to help Milo residents and stakeholders manage future development activity so that it is inclusive and equitable.