SitemapSenator Sherrod Brown was in Youngstown Monday talking to people who have struggled to find affordable housing and housing experts. One of the big obstacles discussed—the way people are renting or getting into land contracts for houses that are substandard.
"Houses that need a lot of work, houses that people want to have a sense of security but that security gets taken away from them because of the conditions of the agreements by which they're there. They're predatory contracts and a number of people are trying to do something about that but it will just lead to another large cycle of demolition here in Youngstown unless we change the system," described Debora Flora, executive director of the Mahoning County Land Bank.
Flora said that there needs to be legislation and local boots on the ground to make some movement here.
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