FIRST-TIME buyers in parts of Ohio will be given $7,500 to put toward the down payment of a home.
Improving the housing landscape has long been a pipe-dream in Akron – a city of about 190,000 residents, where homelessness increased by 300% after the pandemic.
Now, Mayor Shammas Malik and his administration, have announced new ways they intend to tackle the issues.
“Home ownership should not be reserved for those at the highest levels,” he told the crowd gathered at the Akron Civic Theatre on May 19 for the State of the City address…