The city sued the owner of the Alms in 2015 over the deplorable conditions there. After years of neglect, the once grand building had fallen into terrible disrepair.
Smitherman and Hartman toured the Alms last year, in order to see the condition of the sprawling former luxury hotel on Victory Parkway. “This is a great opportunity to conserve affordable housing in an area that very easily could move into the direction of high income housing.” The Alms is located strategically on a bus line, very close to downtown, with the ability for residents to find work,” said Councilman Christopher Smitherman. “We’ve lost a lot affordable housing in the city. They worried a new owner would convert the building into expensive condos because of its valuable Walnut Hills location.īut Hartman approved the properties’ sale on Tuesday to two of the nation’s largest affordable housing developers, assuring that all 661 units in Cincinnati will stay as low income. It has been an especially troubling few years for the 126 families who live at the Alms, who are overwhelmingly African-American and many of whom are elderly or disabled.
"Finally we are going to get the relief and renovations we need." "We're absolutely thrilled," Carter said. This finally puts an end to a long fight by city leaders, federal housing officials and residents for safe, clean and crime-free affordable housing in Cincinnati. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Curt Hartman ruled on Tuesday that the seven properties will be sold to new owners who have promised to make repairs and retain them as affordable housing. CINCINNATI - Kimetta Carter has lived at Alms Hill Apartments for a decade, through three owners, four management companies, several lawsuits and empty promises to fix the deteriorating old building.īut the worst may finally be over for Carter and more than 600 others who live at the Alms or six other low-income housing complexes in Cincinnati.
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