Two years ago Cuyahoga County Council, at the County Administration’s request, approved a multi-year $30 million County Housing Program to “stabilize and strengthen the County’s housing market, reduce housing insecurity, eliminate vacant and blighted residential structures, accelerate new construction and renovation of existing housing, improve access to capital and affordable housing, and help county residents maintain their homes in good repair and avoid foreclosure.”
The Program consists of three components: 1) home renovation in emerging markets, 2) assistance to home owners seeking to acquire home purchase mortgages in lower priced markets ($70,000 or less) and assistance to home owners seeking home repair resources, and 3) strategic activities intended to spur private market investment in emerging and future markets.
This forum will bring together representatives from county government and agencies that have significant responsibility for implementing the program: the Cuyahoga Land Bank, CHN Housing Partners and Community Housing Solutions. The forum will also present new research on median home sale price trends and housing market recovery in Cleveland neighborhoods and Cuyahoga suburbs.
Among the topics the forum will address are:
The forum will be moderated by Frank Ford, Senior Policy Advisor with Western Reserve Land Conservancy. Panelists include: