Articles About affordable housing

• Ribbon cut for Phase 1 of Cascades project

  By YS News StaffJuly 31, 2025

  

  On Thursday, July 24, Phase 1 of The Cascades affordable housing project was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, open house and tours of eight rentals, which will serve seniors of low-to-moderate income.

• Village Council greenlights plans for 139 new apartments

  By Reilly DixonJuly 14, 2025

  

  Windsor Companies plans to demolish the derelict Student Union, and in its place on the 2.16-acre site, build two three-story apartment buildings, with 48 market-rate rental units in each; and in the Kettering building, install 43 rentals for persons 55 and older.

• Villagers sound off on proposed apartments at Antioch College

  By Reilly DixonMay 28, 2025

  

  Responding to sizable public dissatisfaction regarding the 128-unit density on the two acres at the Antioch College student union site, Windsor CEO Alex Dorsey proposed, near the end of the most recent Planning Commission meeting, a reduction to 96 units at that location.

• Ohio budget bill targets affordable housing funds

  By Lauren ShowsMay 24, 2025

  

  HB 96 includes a provision that would eliminate a requirement for counties to contribute 50% of county recorder fees to the state’s Ohio Housing Trust Fund — a central state funding source that supports affordable housing opportunities and services for low-income residents.

• Village Council approves 2025 budget, exempts senior housing money

  By Reilly DixonDecember 11, 2024

  

  In the second-to-last regular Village Council meeting of the year, held Monday, Dec. 2, Council members voted 5-0 in favor of finalizing the $18,102,489 municipal budget for 2025.

• YS Home, Inc. breaks ground on The Cascades

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 11, 2024

  

  Last week, local affordable housing nonprofit YS Home, Inc. broke ground on the first phase of The Cascades, a 32-unit development focused on rental housing for seniors.

• Springers 4 More Springers seeks zoning reform, more low-income housing

  By Reilly DixonJuly 2, 2024

  

  Springers 4 More Springers is a citizens action group that seeks to work with local elected bodies and residents to reform the Village zoning code, support affordable housing initiatives such as Home, Inc’s 50-unit project and serve as an advocate for tenants.

• Village Council continues low-income housing talks

  By Reilly DixonJune 24, 2024

  

  As previously reported in the News, YS Home, Inc. has been petitioning for municipal support for the organization’s pursuit of millions of dollars in housing tax credits that could help finance the creation of a 50-unit housing development that would target low-income families.

• St. Mary Development Corp. exits low-income housing talks

  By Reilly DixonJune 3, 2024

  

  St. Mary Development Corporation has “decided to end discussions” regarding the pursuit of a tax credit application that could have financed a 50-unit, low-income housing development.

• Elected bodies weigh low-income housing proposal on school land

  By Reilly DixonMay 27, 2024

  

  For the first time in public meetings, YS Home, Inc. unveiled a new, large-scale affordable housing proposal: the development of a 50-unit, low-income rental complex that may one day be sited on three acres of school district-owned land.