State Ave. Lofts By the end of the year, low-income renters, some making as little as $47,000, will be able to move into apartments in two newly renovated Lower Price Hill historic buildings. Cincinnati and Hamilton County leaders are celebrating the addition of a dozen apartments on State Avenue along with nonprofit housing agencies who acknowledge the county is short 31,200 units for extremely low-income […]
As the population continues to grow, the U.S. has failed to keep up with needed housing. Developers and cities see opportunities, but neighborhoods don’t always agree with the plan and want an avenue to block construction. What kind of an impact can everyday citizens have in their own backyard on housing and other types of development? Cincinnati’s Hyde Park To an outsider, a plan to […]
Vehicles spend most of their time parked. And because of that, for years cities have dictated how many parking spots developers should include based on sometimes arbitrary numbers. But do those numbers still make sense and could reducing them allow for more housing and development? An increasing number of cities are getting rid of those so-called parking mandates or parking minimums, including Cincinnati. Cincinnati changes […]
Creators of Cincinnati’s proposed zoning reform plan, known as “Connected Communities,” are shopping it around in the neighborhoods it would affect and now have a dashboard to track progress. The plan targets business districts and transit corridors to increase housing in those areas. City planners crafted “Connected Communities” over 18 months. Residents of Bond Hill and Price Hill learned more about the six-tiered plan in […]
