Cincinnati Public Schools’ nonprofit organization, created the Safe Sleep Lot program which allows unhoused families who are living in their car to park in a safe area to sleep. According to the organization this is the first program of its kind, in the United States, that’s fully operated by a school district.
This season, Brick by Brick covered a variety of different solutions that took us to neighborhoods all across Southwest Ohio and beyond. There were three stories that stood out to, Hernz Laguerre, Jr., this past season because of a recurring theme: multiple individuals and groups in a community joining forces to tackle a problem. In this article we will look at: Neighborhood Food Markets in food desert areas, Meals on Wheels expanding to meet the needs of seniors, Tiny Homes being the right fit for affordable and available housing.
Nonprofit organization, Groundwork Ohio River Valley, (ORV) is increasing the number of trees in Cincinnati neighborhoods that need it most. These efforts stem from a national push from Groundwork USA called the Climate Safe Neighborhoods. This national push aims to increase awareness of climate change on vulnerable neighborhoods and the racial/social injustices that made these neighborhoods vulnerable.
(Left and Right) The Cascades Development in Yellow Springs and the new ten unit apartment in Cincinnati add to local land trusts at Home, Inc. and Renting Partnerships respectfully.
As part of our summer bonus episodes, we sat down with Geoff Milz from Pennrose Management Company about their developments in Cincinnati and their philosophy of working in partnership with a neighborhood for any project.
Our conversation highlighted their most recent development, Thatcher Flats. Milz walks us through tough decisions that had to be made, the need for affordable housing, and development in general in the Walnut Hills neighborhood.
Is there a pathway to housing for the formerly incarcerated? Many studies show that housing is a foundation for returning citizens looking to reestablish their lives but without housing are their chances for reentry at risk? We examine a prison ministry, the office of reentry in Hamilton county, and a former inmate to examine how housing is the foundation to reentering society.
It’s getting increasingly harder to find an affordable place to live. Sky- high rents, fluctuating mortgage rates, expensive home prices and a shortage of housing are all contributing factors. Every year there are incentives for banks to create affordable housing. How much are they doing and is it making a difference? Credit: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University The numbers The Federal Home […]
If the U.S. builds as many homes as it did last year, experts predict it will take an average of seven and a half years to close the housing gap. How do we speed up construction? One way might be to increase the production of 3D printed houses. This technology is starting to take off in Texas and a few other states. Could it make […]
Home for All: Northern Kentucky Housing Strategies Northern Kentucky now has 50 strategies on how to increase housing throughout the Commonwealth. Some might wonder how long it will it take to create a building boom in Northern Kentucky. In a housing study from 2023 called Northern Kentucky Housing Data Analysis. the Northern Kentucky Area Development District discovered that the region needed 6,650 additional housing units […]
The Camp Washington Neighborhood navigates their parking minimum requirements as Cincinnati considers zoning changes through the Connected Communities initiative.
