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![A sign outside an apartment complex reads "Kershaw Greene."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kershaw-sign.jpgnewnew-900x422.jpg)
Some residents of new affordable housing complex are walking along a “dangerous” road
By: Alison Patton
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The new, affordable Kershaw Greene apartment complex sits next to a busy rural road in western Athens. For residents without transportation, it means walking alongside cars… Read More
![Athens County Land Bank has a sign on a Nelsonville house that says revitalization is in progress. The house will be torn down to create new affordable housing.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/porch-land-bank.jpgweb-e1718397987104-900x422.jpg)
Athens received funding for affordable housing across the county
By: Alison Patton
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County received over $1 million to bring affordable housing across the county for first-time homebuyers. The plan is to build 13 homes: six in The… Read More
![An imaginary cadastral map of territory with buildings, roads and land parcel](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shutterstock_2134881079-e1710995727643-900x422.jpg)
Some city officials in Athens say they support zoning changes to promote affordable housing
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens is considering zoning reforms to make building affordable housing easier. Director of Code Enforcement David Riggs outlined his recommendations to the Athens Planning Commission on… Read More
![A young man stands in shadow as he lets in light through Venetian blinds.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Housing-Story-9755-e1699303065325-900x422.png)
For youth experiencing homelessness in southeast Ohio, a helping hand changes lives
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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MCARTHUR, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Both times Christian Bednarz’s mother kicked him out of the house, it was over a car. The first time, the car in question belonged… Read More
![A Conestoga hut with a wood back, a small elevated window, and a tarp reinforced with wiring and insulation for covering.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_8991-e1697059916324-900x422.jpg)
A small Athens nonprofit is trying to build emergency homeless shelters before winter hits
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — From the outside, the emergency homeless shelter looks like a small greenhouse. The front and back are made of wood, with a tarp in… Read More
![The large tourist lodge near Old Man's Cave in the Hocking Hills.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hocking-hills-lodge-e1692896188208-900x422.jpg)
Economic gains may be exacerbating homelessness in southeast Ohio
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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LOGAN, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The drive out to Old Man’s Cave reveals just how much tourism has changed the Hocking Hills. Signs on State Route 664 advertise saunas…. Read More
![An old mattress with a crumpled red quilt sit abandoned in an overgrown clearing.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_8580-e1692660976534-900x422.jpg)
Athens residents who experience homelessness find they have few places to go for shelter
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Many people facing homelessness in Athens County have nowhere to go for shelter, and local agencies are struggling to find a solution. One of… Read More