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Housing advocates and business groups urge larger state tax-credit funding and sustained WHO support
Summary
Nonprofit and business witnesses asked lawmakers to expand and extend the state housing tax credit, to restore or sustain Welcome Home Ohio grant levels, and to address energy and workforce needs that affect housing demand.
A coalition of housing advocates, community-development nonprofits and business groups told the House Development Committee that the state should boost and extend housing tax credits and maintain grant funding to accelerate construction and rehabilitation.
Industry and nonprofit leaders asked for two principal changes: an increase in the state low-income housing tax credit and a longer authorization window. Ryan Gleason of the Ohio Housing Council said the program should be…
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