Neighborhoods

The City of Youngstown is beginning to see the benefits of the new Welcome Home Ohio program. The program includes funding for the construction and rehabilitation of residential properties, and the Mahoning County Land Bank and Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) are taking full advantage of it. Representatives of both organizations showed WKBN the progress of a renovation that is currently underway at 3551 Shirley Road. 

To read the full story from WKBN, click here. 

Since 2020, two major cities in Mahoning and Trumbull counties have seen a drop in vacant housing, according to a report recently released by The Raymond John Wean Foundation. Wean Foundation president Jennifer Roller said this is only one of the encouraging trends highlighted in the research compiled by the Greater Ohio Policy Center. 

“We first commissioned these reports three years ago to inform our funding strategies in community revitalization and economic and educational opportunities,” Roller said. “We are sharing it more broadly so that our grantees and partners may also benefit from having accurate and consistent information from vetted sources.” The research from Greater Ohio Policy Center is designed to provide a view of today’s Warren and Youngstown as they compare to the rest of Trumbull and Mahoning counties, as well as the state of Ohio. 

Alison Goebel is the executive director of the Greater Ohio Policy Center. “We are extremely encouraged by the progress in the Mahoning Valley,” Goebel said. “At the same time, the data indicated that the Wean Foundation’s mission of empowered residents creating a more equitable Mahoning Valley is needed now more than ever.” 

Housing, entrepreneurship bright spots in Youngstown

In Youngstown, the percentage of vacant housing stock has declined by 8% since 2010. The number of vacant structures stood at just over 10% in 2023, compared to almost 19% in 2010. According to the report, in 2025, vacancy rates are much lower in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Trumbull County and the rest of the state for a variety of reasons, including: Millions of dollars allocated to demolition Effective landbanks that have removed and prevented blight, Increased code enforcement ,Relief and support programs that have kept at-risk owners in their homes. 

Housing, entrepreneurship bright spots in Warren

In 2010, more than 16% of the housing stock was vacant. The new reports show that the number of housing units in Warren that are considered abandoned and vacant have declined by 46% since 2020. Now there are just over 1,200 units or 6.47% of Warren’s housing stock classified as vacant. Matt Martin is the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership’s executive director. Martin said much of the drop in vacancy rate in Warren and Trumbull County is the result of over a decade of remediating blight by the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, the Trumbull County Land Bank along with the city of Warren, Trumbull County, and other municipalities, townships and villages. He said they’ve collectively been prioritizing renovation and home ownership while also utilizing demolition and land use to stabilize neighborhoods. “Similar efforts in Youngstown and Mahoning County include Youngstown Neighborhood Deveopment Corp., the Mahoning County Land Bank and government partners,” Martin wrote. “Both communities are now experiencing a push for new housing, with all of these same organizations playing a role in that effort.”

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

Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

YNDC is proud to announce the publishing of its performance report from the 1st Quarter of 2025!

The performance report highlights the work of YNDC from January to March 2025.

An electronic copy can be downloaded below. 

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. is building three new duplexes in the 3000 block of Glenwood Avenue — with onsite solar panels — as part of its ongoing effort to revitalize the South Side corridor.

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

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) and its partners will broke ground Thursday on three new duplexes in Youngstown that will feature on-site solar power generation. The ceremony took place at 3013, 3021, and 3031 Glenwood Avenue, the locations of the new buildings. Each duplex will contain two two-bedroom, two-bath apartment units with covered parking. YNDC said the units will be highly energy efficient and all-electric, with solar panels expected to generate more than 100% of the buildings' energy needs. This on-site power generation is intended to make the housing more affordable for tenants.

To read the full story from WFMJ, click here. 

Organizations in both Mahoning and Trumbull Counties will receive grant funding for essential home repairs. The funding comes from $6.8 million from the Ohio Department of Development's Housing Assistant Grant Program, which utilizes Ohio Housing Trust Fund funds to help Ohio non-profits promote affordable housing opportunities and improve housing conditions.

Locally, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation will receive $1,100,000 to provide essential home repairs and handicapped accessibility modifications for homeowners who are at or below 50% area median income (AMI). 

To read the full story from WFMJ, click here. 

Thursday, April 10, 2025

YNDC's Community Safety program continues to make improvements to increase safety in the greater Glenwood Avenue corridor. The most recent projects include the installation of significant lighting on 22 businesses along Glenwood Avenue. YNDC's resident surveys have consistently noted the need for additional lighting along the corridor.

The Community Safety program will begin additional work in other locations on the south and east sides. More information will be provided in the coming months. 
 

It’s time to move to Phase 2 of an affordable housing program in Youngstown with a sight not often seen in the city — new homes under construction.

On Thursday morning, a groundbreaking was held to build three more duplexes along Glenwood Avenue. It’s the same spot two duplexes were built in 2024. They cost about $425,000 each to build. “It just energizes you. You see the movement forward, you see more people moving in and as you see this taking place on Glenwood and other areas, it always goes into the rest of the neighborhood as well and it’s just building up the community,” said Sixth Ward City Councilwoman Anita Davis.

This time around, all three will have solar panels. It’s part of an ongoing effort by the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and project partners to revitalize the South Side corridor. 

To read the gull story from WYTV, click here. 

It’s time to move to Phase 2 of an affordable housing program in Youngstown with a sight not often seen in the city — new homes under construction.

On Thursday morning, a groundbreaking was held to build three more duplexes along Glenwood Avenue. It’s the same spot two duplexes were built in 2024. They cost about $425,000 each to build. “It just energizes you. You see the movement forward, you see more people moving in and as you see this taking place on Glenwood and other areas, it always goes into the rest of the neighborhood as well and it’s just building up the community,” said Sixth Ward City Councilwoman Anita Davis.

This time around, all three will have solar panels. It’s part of an ongoing effort by the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and project partners to revitalize the South Side corridor.

To read the full story from WKBN, click here. 

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation has broken ground on three new duplexes that will feature on-site solar power generation. 

To read the full story from WFMJ, click here.