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Struthers outlines 8‑home pilot with state funds, county land‑bank help; nonprofit to administer
Summary
Councilors and staff described a housing rehabilitation and new‑build pilot using state funding and county land‑bank properties to produce eight homes; a nonprofit will administer applications and resale rules under state guidelines.
City officials, staff and several outside partners described a planned housing pilot that would use an awarded state grant and Mahoning County land‑bank properties to build or rehabilitate houses in Struthers.
Council members said the city applied for a larger pool of money but was awarded a smaller amount; meeting materials and discussion referenced figures in the transcript around $2.7 million (transcript numbers included both “2,700,000” and “2,750,000”), and staff said the award will fund eight homes in the initial round rather than the ten originally proposed. Officials said the program will be administered by a nonprofit partner and that the city and county land bank will contribute properties from an existing inventory. “We have properties that are in the city land utilization. We have properties that are in the Mahoning County land utilization,” a council speaker said, describing…
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