Housing
The Goal:
Offer an adequate quantity and diverse mix of housing choices – in terms of size, price, type, transit accessibility and location – within communities throughout the region, and maintain and improve the quality of the housing stock in every community in the region, whether newer developments or older neighborhoods, owner-occupied or rental.
Opportunity Areas
Stabilize and Revitalize Housing Stock Throughout the Region
The 2019 Fair Housing Assessment prepared by the Community Building institute for the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County recommended local jurisdictions engage in active, consistent professional code enforcement.
Improve Housing Affordability
Affordable housing is often misunderstood and seen as undesirable by many communities. The appropriate measure for housing affordability is the housing cost burden, or the percentage of a household’s income spent on housing. Households spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing have an excessive cost burden.
Increase Housing Availability that Supports Equity and Upward Mobility
As housing costs have increased in recent years, efforts to address and improve housing issues in the region have been led by many organizations across the region. The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Greater Cincinnati recently developed strategies for Cincinnati and Hamilton County in their Housing our Future report.
Improve Transportation Access and Services for Residents
As a result of separated-use development patterns, commercial retail operations and fixed transit systems are predominantly located along arterial corridors and neighborhood cores, away from many residential neighborhoods
Investing in Community & Neighborhood Quality
The region receives roughly $25 million in annual HUD funding through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs. To receive funding, jurisdictions must be covered by a Consolidated (Housing) Plan that examines community development and housing needs.