MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (MMHA) is bringing its maintenance in-house. The MMHA recently purchased a property at 257 Lenox Avenue for $325,000. The .33 acre commercial property includes a 4,800 square-foot building. MMHA Executive Director Steve Andrews said the building will serve as the agency’s new maintenance building. Andrews said the authority recently […]
Housing
News on housing developments, affordability and efforts to address housing insecurity and shortages in Richland County and beyond.
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Who’s working on affordable housing in Mansfield?
Editor’s Note: This is the conclusion of a five-part series about the challenges low-income renters face and potential ways to address them. The series is supported by Wayfinders Ohio. Click here for part one, here for part two, here for part three and here for part four. MANSFIELD — The new triplexes on the corner of Fourth […]
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How housing authorities can spur development for those in need
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a five-part series about the challenges low-income renters face and potential ways to address them. The series is supported by Wayfinders Ohio. Click here for part one and here for part two. MANSFIELD — Kelly Blankenship is all too familiar with the struggle low-income residents face when searching […]
Posted inCommunity Development, Housing
Residents at Turtle Creek voice support, concerns over impending development
MANSFIELD — James Hamner’s life changed for the better when he moved into an apartment at the Turtle Creek complex three years ago. Before arriving at the all-senior living community, he was homeless for about a year. “When winter came it was terrible,” he recalled. “It doesn’t feel real good living in a garage where […]
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Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority to host public comment meetings on Turtle Creek extension
MANSFIELD — The first community outreach meeting for the Turtle Creek extension project is slated for June 21, according to Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority Executive Director Steve Andrews. The authority will host stakeholders and provide a place for public comment on the project inside the Turtle Creek Community Room at 5 p.m. The MMHA currently […]
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Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority reports high voucher use, waiting list remains closed
MANSFIELD — It will likely be a year before the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority can break ground on an expansion of its Turtle Creek apartment complex. That hasn’t stopped executive director Steve Andrews from considering possibilities for the agency’s next project. The Turtle Creek extension project, at the 300 block of James Avenue, will create […]
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Business as usual: MMHA board advances projects with new appointees
MANSFIELD — Kathy Shambre said she was grateful for the full agenda at Tuesday’s Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority meeting. Shambre said MMHA board members completed a number of objectives Tuesday after a court order removed two former board members, including approving the minutes from 10 meetings since Aug. 23. “We just hope that things go […]
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MMHA board votes to reinstate Andrews, some question legality
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority board voted to Friday to reinstate recently terminated executive director Steve Andrews, against the advice of its then-legal counsel. Board members voted 3-1 to reinstate Andrews, who was terminated by a 3-0 vote on Jan. 24. Chairwoman Kathy Shambre and board members Ron Biddle and Barbara Fulton voted […]
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Mansfield mayor files lawsuit against two metro housing board members
MANSFIELD — Who are the current members of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority? It will be up to the courts to decide. Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker filed a lawsuit Friday seeking a declaratory judgement from the Richland County Common Pleas Court. In other words, Theaker’s office asked the court to issue a judgment on whether […]