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• McKee group hosts housing talk

  By Megan BachmanApril 7, 2011

  

  Many questions were raised at a public meeting last Sunday sponsored by the James A. McKee Association, when representatives from Home, Inc. shared plans for an affordable housing project slated for Village-owned land on Cemetery Street.

• Council moves ahead with housing

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 31, 2011

  Villagers offered a robust show of community support for Village Council’s proposed affordable housing project at Council’s meeting Monday, March 21, when Council unanimously approved moving ahead with the first of three steps for the housing project.

• No legal issues with housing

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 17, 2011

  There are no legal obstacles to the Village pursuing its current affordable housing project, according to Village Law Director John Chambers

• Village affordable housing project elicits community support, concerns

  By Megan BachmanMarch 10, 2011

  In a discussion of a proposed affordable housing development at Village Council’s Feb. 22 meeting, some villagers spoke in support of the potential public/private partnership to build four permanently-affordable homes.

• Friends plans to sell Barr property

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 24, 2011

  This week a Friends Care Community task force announced plans to sell the Barr property, which the Morgan Family Foundation had gifted to the care center in November.

• Affordable housing solutions elsewhere—Creativity and communication is key

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 10, 2011

  As the News winds down its series on affordable housing, it seems appropriate to look at other communities that have taken steps toward addressing a need for affordable housing.

• Some construction expected

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 20, 2011

  While the majority of homes sold in the village each year are existing structures, new construction continues to add housing stock to the village. And even during this construction off-season, interest is picking up for new housing.

• Council urged to make low-cost homes efficient

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 13, 2011

  In Village Council’s first discussion of a draft agreement for a proposed affordable housing project at its Jan. 3 meeting, Council was urged to require from the developer tighter energy efficient building practices than currently specified.

• Sun warms homes at Thistle Creek

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Home building may not be his primary career, but Yellow Springs electronics distributor Roy Eastman is no novice either, as he has spent the last several years researching energy-efficient building and retrofitting his company’s office.

• Increased school district enrollment increases opportunities

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 23, 2010

  Increasing local students means increasing local families, and while the village appears to provide a home for families at a variety of income levels, more housing in general could help to generate a school district population that is more sustainable.