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Developer seeks R‑3 rezoning for 111 Hooper St. to build LIHTC-funded multifamily housing
Summary
Hilltide Partners told the Athens Planning Commission it has refiled a rezoning application for eight city parcels at 111 Hooper Street, seeking to change a mix of R‑1 and R‑2 zoning to R‑3 to pursue low‑income housing tax credits and Ohio Housing Trust Fund financing; the commission will consider the formal case April 2.
Hilltide Partners has refiled a rezoning application for 111 Hooper Street, a set of eight parcels inside the Athens corporation limits, asking the Athens City Planning Commission to change their zoning from a mix of R‑1 and R‑2 to R‑3 to allow multifamily construction.
The application matters because the developer intends to pursue low‑income housing tax credits (LIHTC) and Ohio Housing Trust Fund dollars to finance a multifamily project whose units would be income‑restricted at or below 80% of area median income. "We would then exchange those for equity that's needed to construct, multifamily units, which would be income restricted to households at or below…
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