Mansfield City Council heard proposals Tuesday from two developers hoping to bring more low income housing to the city.
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Mansfield Metro Housing: No new subsidized housing vouchers until 2026
MANSFIELD — Rising housing costs are making it tougher for low-income Richland County residents to get assistance. Steve Andrews, director of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (MMHA), said the agency won’t be issuing any new Section 8 housing vouchers this year. Anyone on the agency’s waitlist will remain on the waitlist until at least January. The […]
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Rising housing costs deplete Richland County’s Section 8 funds
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Voucher has hit pause on upcoming Section 8 vouchers due to rising housing costs, according to executive director Steve Andrews. Andrews said the authority has “suspended” vouchers for several residents who had been approved or were actively looking for housing, but hadn’t found it yet. Those applicants were placed back […]
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Metro housing partners with Mansfield developer to restart affordable housing project
MANSFIELD — A plan to build 120 new affordable housing units on Mansfield’s south side could be back on track with shovels in the ground by the end of this year. Steve Andrews of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority said the agency plans to reapply for state project funding in partnership with a new, local housing […]
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Ohio pulls $7.7 million in affordable housing funds for Turtle Creek project
MANSFIELD — A 120-unit affordable housing project on Mansfield’s southwest side has hit its biggest snag yet. The Ohio Housing Financing Agency is poised to withdraw $7.7 million in bond gap financing from the Turtle Creek extension project, which aims to construct additional apartments on James Avenue. OHFA awarded the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority $7.7 million […]
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MMHA plans to break ground on affordable housing complex this summer
MANSFIELD — The timeline on a 120-unit affordable housing development in Mansfield will be pushed back another two months, but is still set to break ground in 2025. The Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority will submit its final application to the Ohio Housing Finance Agency this spring, executive director Steve Andrews said Tuesday. Andrews told board members […]
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Metro housing board offers director 2.5-year contract
MANSFIELD — Steve Andrews will continue to serve as the executive director of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority in 2025. At its final meeting of the year, the MMHA board voted to design a contract for Andrew’s renewal. The director’s existing contract was set to expire on Jan. 24. Andrews’ new contract will run through […]
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Mansfield Metro Housing settles lawsuits with 2 former employees
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority will pay $68,500 to settle out-of-court with two former employees. Members of the MMHA board voted unanimously to approve settlement agreements with former deputy director Stephanie Hartzler and former tenant counselor LaConia Ross during a Sept. 24 meeting. Both Hartzler and Ross were terminated from their employment with […]
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Mansfield Metro Housing reinstates landlord incentive payments
MANSFIELD — A voucher for federally-funded housing assistance isn’t worth much if you can’t find a place to rent. That’s a real-world struggle for local residents carrying a voucher from the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority. “There are not a lot of units out there,” said Steve Andrews, executive director of the MMHA. “We have 130 […]
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Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority may reopen Section 8 waiting list this year
MANSFIELD — It’s been nearly 18 months since the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (MMHA) closed its Section 8 voucher waiting list. Now, MMHA director Steve Andrews sees a reopening date on the horizon. “In the next three to four months, we should be down to a number where we might be ready to reopen the […]