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Affordable housing facts you should know:

What do you mean by "affordable"?

  • A home or apartment that is affordable to those families earning 80% of Area Median Income ($51,500/year for a family of four) or below.
  • 50% of Area Median Income represents a family of four earning $32,188 a year.

Additionally:

  • Affordable housing demand far outstrips supply.
  • Even rental housing is unaffordable to many working households.
  • Rental units much more likely to experience deterioration.
  • 25,000 lowest income renters pay over half of their income for housing.
  • 11,000 low income homeowners pay over half of their income for housing.
  • Home foreclosures have tripled in Columbus and Franklin County over the past seven years.

Projects

At the end of the second quarter of 2006, the Housing Trust had committed financing to projects in all parts of the City and County.

Here is a  list of our current commitments:

Project NameTrust Loan AmountNumber of Units
Chantry Place$1,000,000100
Northside Development   $225,0008
Westerville II   $500,00030 
New Millennium     $70,0001
Waggoner Road$1,000,000175 
Greater Hilltop     $50,0001
Renaissance    $200,0008
North of Broad    $480,00010
Morse Glen   $950,000248 
Rennick   $192,50012
SOUL     $25,000
Youth Build     $93,00010 
Urban Hollow   $300,000158
American Addition   $149,00014
American Addition   $100,0001
Franklinton   $225,00016 
Fieldstone Court   $179,00048
APEX    $120,0002
Urban Growth (Taylor II)   $480,0003
Cephas Pearson   $120,2633
Community For All People     $64,5003
Samaritan Model   $126,000
Samaritan   $105,00015
Samaritan Rehab     $50,000
John Householder     $76,8761
Summerfield$1,000,000  111 
MiraCit CMHA   $150,000
MiraCit GreenView$1,100,000  30 
Network Restoration II$1,000,000   120
Network Restoration III$1,000,000    150
CHP Joyce Model   $220,000
CHP Joyce Acquisition   $125,00025 
CHP Joyce Construction   $250,000 
Homes on The Hill   $350,00017 

* Area Median Income - includes subsidy where applicable

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