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Realtors urge city to fix ADDIE inspection, communication issues after buyers lose offers
Summary
Multiple Greater Cincinnati Realtors appearing at the Cincinnati City Council citizens forum pressed the city to standardize inspections, clarify eligibility and speed approvals for the American Dream Down Payment Initiative (ADDIE), citing cases where buyers lost homes or incurred costs.
Several members of the Greater Cincinnati Realtors Association and local agents told Cincinnati City Council on Monday that inconsistencies and delays in the American Dream Down Payment Initiative, known as ADDIE, are blocking home purchases and imposing costs on buyers.
Al Rosser, chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Realtors Association, told the council the association wants to partner with the city to “create, communicate, and execute clear and consistent inspection criteria” for ADDIE and to improve communications with local lenders and buyers. “We'd love to work with the city…to form a review process for administering the ADDIE grant,” Rosser said.
The council heard multiple concrete examples backing Rosser’s remarks. Shawna Davis, a licensed agent since 2022, said a client lost a house after the city’s inspection flagged items a week after the contract inspection window closed. “My client really wanted the…
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