By Hillary Copsey, Soapbox Cincinnati
As Greater Cincinnati leaders face the economic consequences caused by Covid-19, LISC of Greater Cincinnati is unveiling a community-wide housing strategy, created by a multi-agency coalition, that could help alleviate the current crisis and remedy longstanding housing inequities.
Housing Our Future, the housing strategy delivered to Cincinnati City Council, Hamilton County Commission, and other key leaders and stakeholders, recommends 34 actions to produce and preserve affordable housing, protect the most vulnerable residents from housing insecurity, and change the systems that impact housing affordability.
The strategy, which was created by a Steering Committee and sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Foundation and a host of other funders, also offers new resources and financing mechanisms, as well as supporting research that shows the current state of housing and how we got here. [read more]