TOLEDO, Ohio — A $1 million housing initiative is launching in Toledo’s Old South End, bringing together several organizations in an effort to rebuild the neighborhood and address long-standing housing challenges.
City leaders and community partners say the initiative is the result of more than a year of planning and collaboration focused on coordinating housing efforts and improving neighborhood conditions.
“We’ve really been in dialogue for the last year, almost year and a half at this point, to talk about how we can better coordinate efforts so we can drive efficiencies and be more responsive to the community and the community needs,” said Mike Deetsch, executive director of the John Henry Eldred Jr. Foundation…