Meeting Name: Equitable Growth & Housing Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/17/2024 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202400017 11.ReportREPORT, dated 1/4/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the City Plans for a New Disparity Study. (Reference Document #202302220).Approve & File  Action details Not available
202400119 12.MotionMOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney and Councilmember Johnson, WE MOVE for a report within sixty (60) days on establishing a Community Investment Trust (CIT) program in Cincinnati, including feasibility, costs, and steps for implementation. Portland, Oregon established its CIT program in 2015. The mission of the CIT “Learn-Invest-Profit” program is to move investors from “owing to owning.” Residents of the building and of the surrounding communities, especially low to moderate income residents, are encouraged to be investors. Each investor invests a small dollar amount ($10-$100) every month into the building in which they are living. As time passes, the investors buy more shares in the building as the building value appreciates and the loan amount decreases. The investors pay expenses for the property. They receive an annual dividend when there is a profit. There is also a provision, a Letter of Credit, to protect the investors from losses. Investors may cash out at any time. Being an investor requires residency in the building or the surrounding community (as defined by zip codAdopt  Action details Not available