Neighborhoods

Construction of new houses and the creation of a new neighborhood is underway on Youngstown’s South Side, a rare development for the city. Off Glenwood Avenue on Bernard Street across from Volney Roger’s Field, a new house is being built. Eventually, there will be six more. Each house will be 16 hundred square feet.

The plan to build new houses on Bernard Street was a joint effort of Youngstown City Councilman Julius Oliver and Ian Beniston of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here. 

Wednesday, May 29, 2024. 

On Wednesday, May 29, the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) awarded $2,415,000 in Welcome Home Ohio (WHO) program funding to Mahoning County Land Bank (MCLB) in partnership with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) to create new affordable housing opportunities.

The ODOD grant will be used to renovate six vacant houses and build six newly constructed homes, for a total of 12 affordable homeownership units.

YNDC will manage the development and construction of six vacant houses, including one that MCLB owns on Stocker Avenue on the east side of Youngstown. YNDC will leverage additional funding to ensure high quality renovations that contribute to neighborhood stabilization, return vacant property to productive use, and create high quality affordable homeownership opportunities.

MCLB will purchase six newly constructed homes from YNDC using WHO Purchasing funds. The new homes will be a minimum of three bedroom, two bathroom, two-car garage homes.

More information will be provided in the months to come. Huge thanks to the Mahoning County Land Bank for the ongoing partnership and to the Welcome Home Ohio program! REVITALIZE!

Wednesday, May 29, 2024. 

On May 23, YNDC's TreeCorps completed its spring planting of 185 two inch caliper trees. Trees were planted in multiple neighborhoods including: the greater Glenwood Avenue area, Boulevard Park, Powerstown, Buckeye Plat, Lincoln Knolls, Wick Park, Lansingville, Gibson Heights, Arlington Heights, and Mahoning Commons. More than 400 trees will be planted in the fall.

Mahoning Valley TreeCorps is an initiative led by YNDC, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, Youngstown CityScape, the Healthy Community Partnership, along with many community partners. TreeCorps will restore and sustain the urban tree canopy in the cities of Youngstown Ohio, and Warren Ohio, in order to improve health, and make the urban forest accessible to all. Additional community partners involved in this effort include the Cities of Youngstown and Warren, the Trumbull and Mahoning County Land Banks, Plant Ahead Ohio, Community Corrections Association, Choffin Career and Technical Center, Treez Please, Mill Creek MetroParks, Trumbull County MetroParks, Trumbull Soil and Water Conservation District, along with many neighborhood groups and community organizations.

This project is made possible through a grant from the USDA Forest Service. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

The land banks in Mahoning and Trumbull counties were awarded grants through the Welcome Home Ohio program to renovate and purchase homes.

The Mahoning County Land Bank, in partnership with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, will receive a total of $2.4 million in grants to renovate six vacant homes and purchase six newly constructed homes.

To read the full story from The Business Journal, click here. 

Organizations in Mahoning and Trumbull counties that work to redevelop vacant, derelict properties into productive use have received a financial boost from the state for their effort to improve access to housing.

The Mahoning County Land Bank and the Trumbull County Land Bank, it was announced Wednesday, were among several like organizations in Ohio that will receive some of $29.5 million to acquire, rehabilitate or build homes for income-eligible residents.

The funding is part of the first round of grants through Welcome Home Ohio, a program that plans to invest $100 million in grants over two years to provide affordable and safe housing.

An additional $50 million in nonrefundable tax credits is available to land banks and eligible developers for rehab and new construction projects once a property is sold, according to the state.

“This program represents an innovative and forward-thinking approach that addresses the barriers many Ohioans face when trying to buy a home,” Gov. Mike DeWine said. In all, the $29.5 million awarded to entities in 17 counties will support the creation of 263 owner-occupied, single-family homes.

MAHONING COUNTY

The Mahoning County Land Bank, in partnership with Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, was awarded $2.4 million to renovate six vacant homes and purchase six newly constructed homes. 

To read the full story from The Vindicator, click here. 

Six new homes will be built on Youngstown's south side thanks to a grant from the Ohio Department of Development's new Welcome Home Ohio program.

The $2.4 million grant was awarded to the Mahoning County Land Bank in collaboration with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. (YNDC), to build six single-family homes and renovate six other existing ones to sell to qualifying buyers.

To read the full story from WFMJ, click here. 

Thursday, May 30, 2024. 

Grant has lived in his east side neighborhood for 20 years. His roof was leaking into his bedroom and kitchen, and he had buckets all over the house to catch the water. YNDC replaced his roof and now his home is dry and warm! He loves his quiet neighborhood and is grateful to be able to stay there. The new roof has made a big difference in his quality of life, he no longer has to worry about water damaging his home. He said, “I tell everyone about YNDC!” This roof was made possible thanks to the City of Youngstown.
 

Grant money has been released for a statewide program that is aimed at fueling home ownership. Mahoning and Trumbull counties will share in $29.5 million in the first round of the Welcome Home Ohio grant program that will help support property purchases, construction and renovations of homes across the state. The money is part of the Welcome Home Program, which will hand out $100 million in grants over the next two years to create residential properties for income-eligible Ohioans. The grants also come with $50 million in tax credits for landbanks and developers who rehab and build new construction projects, once a property is sold. Mahoning and Trumbull counties will get about $3.1 million, $2.4 million and $700,000 respectively.

With the funds, the Mahoning County Land Bank in partnership with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, will build six new homes along Mineral Springs Avenue.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here. 

A grant of $2.4 million under the Ohio Department of Development’s new Welcome Home Ohio program will bring home ownership to 12 Mahoning County buyers who likely otherwise could not afford it, officials said. The funds will enable the grantee, the Mahoning County Land Bank, in collaboration with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp., to build six single-family homes, renovate six others and sell them all to qualifying buyers (those with incomes of 80 percent of the area’s median income or less).

To read the full story from Mahoning Matters, click here. 

Brittany Haynes is a Grass Cutting and Clean Up Team Member for the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation. Brittany collaborates with a team of professional and labor staff in the implementation of large scale grass cutting and clean up of vacant homes, boarding of vacant housing, vacant lot management, basic construction, and other field and maintenance projects to improve the quality of life in strategic Youngstown neighborhoods.