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Council approves $949,000 transfer for housing pilot in Avondale focused on landlord compliance
Summary
Council approved a $949,000 internal transfer of housing dollars intended as grant resources tied to landlord training and repairs in Avondale, described as a pilot to bring properties into code compliance and help homeowners stay in their homes.
Cincinnati City Council approved an emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and return to source of $949,000 from a capital improvement account to the general fund surplus for housing-related work. The administration explained the funds are grant resources that will go to landlords, tied to landlord training and property code compliance as a pilot in Avondale to improve housing quality.
Council and the administration clarified the money will continue to go to housing programs and will be tied to landlord training and code compliance work. Council member Johnson and others emphasized that the program is intended to help homeowners remain in place rather than to take property, and councilmembers framed it as part of a broader eviction-prevention and housing-stability strategy. Council member Owens highlighted recent eviction-prevention report findings and an estimated return on investment for these kinds of interventions.
The ordinance passed by roll call; councilmembers said the pilot could be expanded if successful and noted coordination with building inspections was part of the planned implementation.
