Affordable Housing

City and park officials cited health and public safety concerns over the encampment of unhoused people developing over the past few months. The city plans to have case managers and clinicians assist.

Orlando Brown, a Black real estate developer in Ohio, dealt with backlash from his church and family when he built an apartment complex in his small village in the 60s.

While lower than 2023's record high, homelessness is still a persistent issue in Montgomery County. Leaders hope new money for affordable housing and other assistance will help.

The Dayton Tenant Union has been pushing for a renter to join the city’s housing steering committee. City leaders dispute claims it’s excluding them.

The Dayton Tenant Union wants a local renter on a city housing steering committee examining housing inequities to represent tenants and their concerns.

Local groups in Dayton came together on Thursday to mark National Homeless Persons Memorial Day. Activists and community members honored those who experienced homelessness and died this past year.

Construction just began this week on 52 units of affordable housing in Northside and just wrapped up on48 units in OTR and 56 units in Hillsboro.

The program is capped at $100 million a year for four years, estimated to build about 3,500 total affordable apartments.

According to experts, accessory dwelling units in our backyards may help with the affordable housing crisis.

Dayton’s habitat for humanity has kicked off this year’s Women Build Program.

Montgomery County has released the results for the annual point-in-time count or PIT. This year, the county says there was a 20% increase from 2020 in the number of unsheltered people in the region.

The City of Dayton is looking at building new housing on a vacant lot in Old North Dayton, funded partially by the Rescue Plan Act.