Homes on a Toxic Past

In Bexley, Ohio, residents live atop a decades-old, improperly closed landfill — a haunting reality where homes and apartments sit over toxic soil laced with lead, arsenic, and chromium. With no legal power to compel cleanup or require disclosure, low-income tenants are trapped in crumbling buildings deemed “housing of last resort.” The city, facing a unique environmental justice crisis and denied critical funding, scrambles to find solutions — from capping contaminated soil to relocating families — while grappling with the fact that no other city in central Ohio has faced this exact dilemma. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/1b61700950e54b5d