CDC Association of Greater Cincinnati | Operating Support Grant

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Over the Rhine Community Housing

In 2009 OTRCH used this Operating Support Grant for staff support to complete eleven units of low to middle income housing in Over the Rhine. In 2010 OTRCH will continue their good work with the anticipated rehab and completion of 72 units of housing! This includes the Jimmy Heath House, 25 units of Permanent Supportive Housing for the chronically homeless and many rehabs of low-income rental units in North Rhine. They will also continue predevelopment work for many projects underway, including the Anna Louise Inn, Permanent Supportive Housing for women and 1500 Elm Street, a HUD 202 senior housing project. City Home Phase One of City Home has completely transformed Pleasant Street with rehab of intact buildings into beautiful condos/apartments and construction of new townhomes for people of all different incomes. The affordable and market rate units are identical in construction, finishes and amenities. The development includes off-street parking, green space and a community garden with fruit trees and a rain garden! See the unique and top rate project in the photos to the right. OTRCH will continue to work on Phase Two of City Home throughout 2010, which includes the rehab currently underway of 1405-07 Republic Street, also pictured to the right.
		Jimmy Heath House The Jimmy Heath House will be the first Permanent Supportive Housing units in Cincinnati based on the Housing First Model. Housing First has proven effective in cities such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Denver, Atlanta and San Francisco. It is a program focused on quickly re-housing the chronically homeless, without a time limit, and then providing services and support to move them towards sobriety, recovery and independence. To read more about the Jimmy Heath House visit Building Cincinnati’s article. To read more about Housing First visit the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Housing First Network at . OTRCH is partnering with 3CDC, Corporations for Supportive Housing, City of Cinti, OHFA and FHLB, and working with the Mental Health Board to secure social services for their future residents. The construction to join the five buildings is underway in the photos to the left.
Last year the 2009 Operating Support Grant helped fund staff to deal with the regulations of rehab in this historic area, secure tax credits and funding, and work with the community and city to advocate for this innovative and new to Cincinnati program.
		ELMOE house OTRCH would not be the thriving organization it is today without the help and support of its many volunteers, among them High School groups that come down each Saturday to help with building rehab. Named for its partnership between Elder High School and Moeller High School, ELMOE house on Republic Street is slated for completion in 2010. The soft costs and unskilled labor needed to complete the project have been covered by the two high schools. OTRCH is working with a low-income buyer, who in turn is working with the Homeownership Center to qualify for a mortgage. HUD 202 Senior Housing Pictured is the future site of a HUD 202 senior housing project. It’s currently in predevelopment and will contain 12-15 units. North Rhine Another project, not pictured here, is composed of scattered sites for rehab or new construction for low-income renters in North Rhine.

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