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GOPC has been actively tracking the Congressional housing bill, H.R. 6644, known as the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The legislation has gone through several iterations within and between the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Last summer,


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Housing remains a pressing issue in Ohio communities. GOPC worked with Reinvestment Fund and the City of Akron in 2024 to understand the city’s residential markets and the policies and programs the city needs to create more housing while protecting existing residents. The recommendations in the Action Plan are guiding Akron now and can inspire action in other cities....


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Lawmakers have opened up the solicitation process for communities to request community project funds for possible inclusion in the upcoming 2027-28 capital appropriations budget. Organizations seeking community project funding from the state must turn in their proposals to legislators' offices by Thursday, March 12. Lawmakers themselves will submit funding re...


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We regularly feature an Ohio city as part of our Ohio Community Spotlight series.

For 2026 we are expanding the series to focus not only on Ohio’s cities but the counties where they are located. To kick-off this new series, this month we featu...


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Established in 2017, Opportunity Zones (OZs) are low-income census tracts where investors can make qualifying investments into new projects and enterprises in exchange for federal capital gains tax reductions.

We have recently received an update from the Ohio Departmen...


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