Creating Opportunities for Residents, Preserving Affordable Housing
& Rebuilding Neighborhoods
WE CHOOSE OUR FUTURE
Cincinnati Choice Neighborhoods
Transformation Planning
Signature Place-Based Initiative
West End Cincinnati Choice Neighborhood Planning
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority was awarded a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Choice Neighborhoods 2020 Planning Grant on December 16, 2020 to work with the Stanley Rowe Towers A and B, Stanley Rowe Rowhouses and Liberty Street Apartments public housing residents, Local Partners and Neighborhood Stakeholders to develop a Shared Vision for Revitalization.
Click the blue button below to view the West End Transformation Plan submitted to HUD on December 16, 2022 – also view Plan Appendices
Gregory D. Johnson, CMHA CEO
Talks Choice Neighborhoods
Watch CMHA’s CEO talk about the Choice Neighborhoods program a signature place-based initiative that creates opportunities for residents, preserves affordable housing and rebuilds inclusive neighborhoods. The central focus point of this initiative is the Residents of Stanley Rowe Towers A and B, Stanley Rowe Rowhouses and Liberty Street Apartments. The theme that runs throughout Choice Neighborhoods is social equity and economic mobility. CMHA is committed to working with local, regional and federal partners to build places of possibility and promise.
The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Focuses on Three Key Areas:
PEOPLE
Prepare students for the challenge of postsecondary education and global competition
Provide quality academic instruction and internships with businesses, industries, public/private partners
Bridge digital divide
HOUSING
Transform distressed public housing into a sustainable community that serves the residents and is physically and financially viable over the long term.
Create a safe community
NEIGHBORHOOD
Attract and effectively deploy capital for critical housing and community development needs
Plan for sustainable /people-oriented systems and networks
What We Are Working On This Month...
Human Investment Plan
- Transformation Implementation Framework – People and Education Strategy
- Addressing Service Gaps-Partner Connections
- Community Ambassadors capacity building
Housing Development Strategy
- Transformation Implementation Framework – Housing Strategy
- Financing and Development Phasing
- Offsite housing opportunities
Community Development Approach
- Transformation Implementation Framework-Neighborhood Strategy
- Crime and Safety
- Education and health strategies
UPCOMING NEWS & EVENTS
OFFICE
Stanley Rowe Tower A
835 Poplar St., Community Room
Cincinnati, OH 45214
