Two high-profile murders in Over-the-Rhine this June had ties to one of Cincinnati’s largest low-income housing providers.
That nonprofit, Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), is now under scrutiny as neighbors and tenants say their buildings are plagued with rats, raw sewage and violent criminals while pleas for help are being ignored.
“I’ve reached out to city council to no avail — completely ignored the issue, didn’t even respond. No one has ever reached out to me,” said Sherri Barber, who lives with her three young children in a West End home next to a POAH multi-family building with apparent raw sewage in the backyard…