File #: 202502112    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Held
File created: 12/5/2025 In control: Budget and Finance Committee
On agenda: 12/8/2025 Final action:
ORD/RES# date: ORD/RES#:
Title: MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that City Council allocate to Habitat for Humanity $350,000 from the FY'25 Carryover Budget to help to meet Cincinnati's urgent need for affordable housing, and affordable homeownership in particular. The funds will support the acquisition of nine (9) properties in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati. After several months of negotiating, Habitat has gained temporary control of the sites. If Habitat is not funded, the properties will likely go to speculators. Habitat has completed four (4) homes on York Street in the West End which created a 200 percent increase in housing production north of Liberty Street for this census over the past 25 years. Habitat responsible for creating more than 700 new homes in Cincinnati.
Sponsors: Jan-Michele Kearney
Attachments: 1. MOTION, 2. ATTACHMENT

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MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that City Council allocate to Habitat for Humanity $350,000 from the FY’25 Carryover Budget to help to meet Cincinnati’s urgent need for affordable housing, and affordable homeownership in particular. The funds will support the acquisition of nine (9) properties in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati. After several months of negotiating, Habitat has gained temporary control of the sites. If Habitat is not funded, the properties will likely go to speculators. Habitat has completed four (4) homes on York Street in the West End which created a 200 percent increase in housing production north of Liberty Street for this census over the past 25 years. Habitat responsible for creating more than 700 new homes in Cincinnati.