MANSFIELD — Even affordable housing is getting more expensive. Turtle Creek, a senior apartment complex managed by the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority, is raising its rents by $150 a month later this year. Steve Andrews, executive director of the MMHA, said the last time rents went up was January 2023. “We’ve been well behind the curve,” […]
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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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Jodie Perry on Mansfield: ‘This city — our city — is on the rise’
MANSFIELD — Jodie Perry focused on growth, infrastructure and public safety when she campaigned to become Mansfield’s new mayor in 2023. So it came as no shock the city’s new CEO focused her first “State of the City” thoughts on those three topics. It may have come as more of a surprise that Perry, who […]
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Mansfield housing authority pulling names from Section 8 waitlist
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (MMHA) has begun pulling names from its waitlist for the first time in almost 13 months. The waiting list remains closed, but MMHA executive director Steve Andrews said Section 8 voucher use has dropped enough to begin contacting people at the top of the list. “We still have […]