Infinite Erie has released an action-oriented housing plan. This plan will address Erie’s chronic housing shortage. The City of Erie has been facing a significant affordable housing shortage and there has now been development of 250 new units that will support housing for the next five years in the core neighborhoods.
“The analysis, led by Hemlock & Forge and Fourth Economy, shows that Erie needs significant investment in safe, quality housing to stabilize our core neighborhoods,” said Kim Thomas, Executive Director, Infinite Erie. “With new local leadership and eager community development partners, the time is right to accelerate the rate of housing development by working together and aligning funding in a focused way.”
There has already been a planning process developed between Infinite Erie and a Housing Accelerator Workgroup. This plan will be utilized to identify anchor housing projects and align with public and private funding to complete construction…