Affordable housing needs a whole new approach

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Mayor Andrew J. Ginther wants to fix our affordable housing problem – 54,000 central Ohio households spend more than half their income on housing – which disproportionately affects minorities.

Median household income for Black households in Columbus is $35,569, which is 40% less than that of white households, and nearly 40% of Black workers make just $15,000 or less a year, compared to 14% for white workers.

This problem didn’t happen by ...

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