College Hill Housing Development Team Questions & Answers

 

This is the list of questions developed by the College Hill Housing Development Team during the progress of their work, along with the answers the team developed:

Q: What Organization in College Hill will lead the project?

A: The team concluded that it would be organized under the College Hill Forum’s Quality of Life Committee. The original team will function as a steering team for the project.

Q: Will this project be similar to others that are being developed in Cincinnati?

A: The team believes the approach is similar to other community groups working on housing, but no doubt is unique in organization structure.

Q: Will this be a non-profit or for profit project?

A: The team concluded this will be a not for profit activity. This led to choosing Cincinnati’s Working in Neighborhoods (WIN) as the developer.

Q: Where will the financial support for the project come from?

A: Financial support to establish seed money was donated through the Cincinnati Foundation. The team expects to get gap financing from the City of Cincinnati.

Q: What are the hopes and dreams of the residents of the involved street?

A: The team is still working to identify how residents will be involved.

Q: What model will be established for increasing home ownership?

A: The team has chosen as developer Cincinnati non profit housing group Working in Neighborhoods--WIN for short. Their model for developing high quality low income housing and placing it for sale to qualified home ownership is the model chosen.

Q: How will this project be fully synergistic with the development planned for Hamilton and North Bend?

A: At this point there is no direct relationship to the North Bend and Hamilton Development.

Q: Does this project include business property, rental housing, or just single family residences?

A: The focus is on single family residences.

Q: Should the project include training in home ownership?

A: Yes, the project will include training in home ownership. WIN’s approach is a strength.

Q: Should the project provide training in basic skills needed to complete the work of the project?

A: The team has learned that this is not a good format for training basic skills.

Q: Is the goal not only to eliminate 'blight' but to 'beautify' the neighborhood?

A: Beautifying the neighborhood will result as overall improvement in home ownership quality is improved.