Articles About housing issues :: Page 2

• Village Council—Affordable housing project is a multi-stage process

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 21, 2010

  Village Council’s process for a recently proposed small affordable housing project will involve several stages, according to Council President Judith Hempfling at Council’s Oct. 18 meeting. If Council approves entering into a Memorandum of Agreement, or MOA, with Home, Inc….

• Affordability is top concern in attracting new families

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 2, 2010

  Creating more entry-level housing, keeping living expenses affordable and more aggressively marketing Yellow Springs to the region — these were some of the ideas offered at a recent meeting that focused on how to attract more young families to the village.

• Do housing costs affect diversity?

  By Brooke BryanMarch 18, 2010

  

  If local diversity can be measured by the number of African Americans who live within the geographical boundaries of Yellow Springs, the village has experienced three decades of decreasing diversity, and is likely wrapping up a fourth. Since 1970, the village has lost about 500 African-American residents, mirroring a larger regional trend.

• No patio homes for Birch III

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 17, 2008

  At Village Planning Commission’s meeting Monday, July 14, Birch III developer Mark Bertke requested feedback on an idea to build attached multiplex homes in the partially developed neighborhood on the south end of town.

• Yellow Springs real estate—Market still strong, but some suffer

  By Lauren HeatonJune 26, 2008

  As economists talk about the U.S. taking a dive toward recession, the housing sector in Yellow Springs, by many accounts, seems little impacted.