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Land‑bank leaders ask to expand Welcome Home Ohio and relax deed restrictions to boost infill housing
Summary
The Ohio Land Bank Association told the Senate Housing Committee that the Welcome Home Ohio pilot unlocked roughly $60 million in two months and helped produce about 440 properties; the association asked lawmakers to expand eligibility, raise the sales cap and allow promissory‑note protections rather than deed restrictions to ease mortgage financing.
Representatives of Ohio’s land banks urged the Senate Housing Committee to make several technical and programmatic changes to Welcome Home Ohio and to preserve funding included in the House budget.
Shawn Carvin of the Ohio Land Bank Association said the pilot program initially rolled out slowly but, after opening, land banks accessed about $60,000,000 within the first two months and supported roughly 440 new properties.…
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