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City council postponed a vote Wednesday on legislation to help stop certain predatory lending contracts because local activists who back the policy change want to include tougher language.

According to Councilwoman Basia Adamczak, Youngstown City Council decided Wednesday night to send the proposal to regulate predatory land contracts back to the Community Planning and Economic Development Committee.

One story we followed extensively in 2018 was the effort to stop what was being described as "predatory land contracts" in the city of Youngstown.

There was no shortage of prominent personalities and trends featured on the front pages of The Vindicator this year.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation was awarded two $750,000 grants on Thursday, December 13, totaling $1.5 million from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh's Affordable Housing Program for housing development in the City of Youngstown.