More neighbors are coming—let's welcome them. 💞
Future residents have no voice: except for you! 💁
Hello again, neighbor! And welcome to Neighbors for More Neighbors—Columbus. We are a grassroots group of residents who support building more housing in our growing region.
Build 🔨 more ⬆ housing 🏘
On our radar: More housing for more people!
- This proposal to build more housing in Clintonville has already sparked opposition, even though there were more than 1,000 additional people living in this census tract at N. High and Weber Road in 1960. Some people want to keep our neighborhoods depopulated—depriving businesses of customers and artificially restricting the housing supply to keep prices high. If you live nearby, consider contacting the Clintonville Area Commission to express support for the project.
- This proposal to build affordable housing in South Linden didn’t receive support from the area commission, but it deserves yours. It checks all the boxes: redevelops a long-vacant site, offers more housing for more people, AND it’s even affordable! Let city council know you support this important project on Bonham Avenue with our letter/email template.
- This proposal to build more housing on E. 7th Avenue in the University District, including affordable units, received overwhelming support at yesterday’s Weinland Park Community Civic Association meeting. The developers engaged in a unique subcommittee process with neighbors that resulted in a robust Memorandum of Understanding that outlines numerous stipulations and benefits to the community.
- This proposal to add more housing to downtown faced some opposition during the Development Commission hearing. Located on Cleveland Avenue in a census tract with 4,130 people today, the same tract was home to just over 13,000 people in 1960. It’s time to rebuild our lost population downtown, and this adaptive reuse of the Kroger bakery is a great start.
Want a yard sign? Just ask!
Email us for a free yard sign to let the world know that you care about solving Central Ohio’s housing shortage! 💞
The Pizzuti project will be voted on soon by city council: Voice your support today!
The Pizzuti Company’s proposal to add 263 housing units on the site of the former Giant Eagle at Jaegar and Whittier streets has passed the Columbus Development Commission and will soon move to Columbus City Council for a final vote.
Pizzuti Project Status
✅ Columbus Development Commission
✅ City of Columbus Planning Division
✅ South Side Area Commission
🔜 Columbus City Council
❌ Anti-housing wealthy homeowners
How this project supports our values:
- It adds more housing
- It’s located in a walkable and transit-oriented community
- It adds more neighbors to an area that has lost thousands of people
What you can do:
Voice your support for this high-quality example of urban infill by contacting Columbus City Council.
Here are a few recent housing links
If you have fun links to share, please send them our way!
- HUD Secretary Fudge calls for collaboration on affordable housing, says U.S. can't 'build our way out' of crisis
Columbus Dispatch, 26 June 2021 - Columbus home prices jump another 18% in May
Columbus Dispatch, 22 June 2021 - The U.S. Averted One Housing Crisis, but Another Is in the Wings
New York Times, 16 June 2021 - CMHA to receive $21 million in federal funds for emergency housing vouchers for homeless
Columbus Dispatch, 9 June 2021 - Columbus council OKs funding to build affordable housing at site
NBC4, 7 June 2021 - Columbus has the nation's hottest house market. Here's how to navigate it
Columbus Dispatch, 4 June 2021 - Where Are Home Listings Shrinking Most?
New York Times, 3 June 2021
Shared with us by a N4MN supporter
This meme’s been making the rounds lately, and we love it. Exclusionary zoning, like preventing multi-family housing because it doesn’t match “existing neighborhood character,” is what creates segregated neighborhoods. Part of the effort to create an integrated and accessible city includes dismantling decades of exclusionary zoning that was created to protect the property values of largely white homeowners.
Stay connected with N4MN—Columbus
