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It's an exciting time in the Mahoning Valley as many municipalities are breaking ground on new homes for their communities. Deb Flora with the Mahoning County Land Bank joins Lindsay McCoy to talk more about the new homes.

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By this time next year, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. will have built 46 new affordable homes in the city since 2023.

“The goal is to bring quality housing options to the city,” said Ian Beniston, YNDC’s executive director. “We are working to bring home ownership to the city. Another goal we’re achieving is filling in vacant lots. All of these houses are on vacant lots. This contributes to neighborhood stabilization. Almost all of these sites had buildings on them years ago. They were blighted properties.”

Josie Lyon recalled that when she lived in Pittsburgh, many residents reacted negatively to bike lanes being installed on their streets

A few months ago, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development corporation acquired the former Park Inn building as part of their plan to revitalize the Glenwood corridor.

Over the last few weeks, The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, also known as YNDC, has broken ground for new homes to be built in three different communities.