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Experts: Central Ohio building far fewer homes than needed; panel says zoning and incentives must change
Summary
Panelists at the Columbus Metropolitan Club said Central Ohio is producing roughly 11,000 housing units per year but needs 16,000–20,000 to keep pace with household formation; they pointed to zoning, incentives and targeted supply as remedies.
At the Columbus Metropolitan Club's annual Blue Chip Economic Forecast, panelists said Central Ohio's housing supply is lagging household formation and that local zoning and incentives will need to change to ease affordability and labor‑market constraints.
"We're building now about 11,000 houses and apartment units per year," Bill Lafayette said. "We need though to be building at least 16,000 a year, possibly as many as 20." Panelists said the shortfall — now two decades in the making, according to…
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