Infinite Erie sets aim on alleviating housing crisis

Infinite Erie unveiled its five-year plan to address Erie’s housing crisis, which they are calling the “housing accelerator plan.”

The objective of this plan is to provide Erie with more affordable housing options by speeding up the development process.

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Ultimately, their goal is to create 250 housing units by 2031.

“Were seeing that more than 46% of residents in Erie are what we call severely cost burdened by their housing situation, meaning that they are spending more than 35% of their income on having a roof over their heads, and at 46%, that’s touching a lot of residents and families in the erie community,” said Kim Thomas, executive director of Infinate Erie…

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