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If Cincinnati's Walls Could Talk
by Hayden Shelby
This is a podcast about the built environment in Cincinnati, with a special focus on housing. Episodes are created as part of course projects by students in the School of Planning at the University of Cincinnati.
Episodes
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S4E9: Conclusion: No Silver Bullet, Only Buckshot
In our concluding episode, Kenny Smith and Jenna Normalshare their insights from this season, reflecting on the possibilities of using lots of small solutions to solve this big problem. Producer: Jacob Sheridan
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S4E8: Housing Culture: The Broad View
Shelby King, Journalist at Shelterforce, has been coveringhousing issues all over the country for over a decade. She shares her perspective on where housing culture is right now, what stands in the way of reimagining our relationships with where we live, and why there are some reasons for hope in...
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S4E7: Open Architecture: Building for a Future We Can’t Know
Stephen Kendall, Professor Emeritus of Ball StateUniversity, has spent his decades-long career pushing forward the concept of open architecture, which asks us to re-think who we design for and how. Interviewers and Producers: Sylvia Thang, Ava Denegar, andTori Walker-Gulley
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S4E6: Adaptive Reuse: What is Old is New Again
Ponce City market has effectively brought revitalization to theOld Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta. The project has brought jobs, commerce, and connection. You can also access the Atlanta BeltLine, a project which connects Atlanta by revitalizing its former rail into walkable spaces. This...
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S4E5: Zoning Reform in Minneapolis: Insight from the Field
The City of Minneapolis passed zoning reform in 2018 thateffectively eliminated single-family only zoning. Seven years in, Eden Spencer shares her perspectives on how its going based on experience as both a developer and a representative of the City. Interviewers and Producers: Nate Carney and...
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S4E4: The Missing Middle Housing Fund: What Will it Take to Scale up this Idea?
The Missing Middle Housing Fund works across the PacificNorthwest to find solutions to the hurdles that stand in the way of building middle housing at scale. Nathan Wildfire, CEO of the Missing Middle Housing Fund, sharing his vision and insights on MMHF’s efforts to re-make American housing....
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S4E3: Missing Middle Housing with Opticos Design
Opticos Design is responsible for launching the movement forMissing Middle Housing, leading planners and policymakers throughout thecountry to rethink how to build walkable and affordable neighborhoods. DanielGrinspan, Senior Planner at Opticos, shares his perspective on the changinglandscape of...
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S4E2: Community Land Trusts: A New Vision for Homeownership
Thank you to Chris Bongorno, TDM Practice Lead atToole Design Group, and Immediate past president of the Yellowspring Home Inc,for participating in the podcast, and to Sam Rayburn for hosting the interview,and Aditiya Pradhan for editing the podcast, and working on the script andresearch.…
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S4E1: Introduction: A Housing Road Trip
Welcome to Season 4, where we look around the country forinspiration on how we can change housing ownership, design, regulation, andculture. Hosts: Kenny Smith and Jenna Norman Producer: Jacob Sheridan
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Welcome to Season 4
Welcome to Season 4 of If Cincinnati's Walls Could Talk! This year the students of Housing Systems have hit the road (figuratively), speaking to practitioners and experts around the country about housing alternatives that could point the way out of our current housing crisis. Look for the full...
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S3E9: Conclusion: The Challenges We Face and Reasons to Hope
Guest Interviewee: Kathy Schwab Hosted By: Logan Price, Arthur Schmid Written By: Logan Price Produced By: Teddy Morgan-Jablonski Edited By: Harris Eidelman Researched By: Asmita Gurung, Samiha Tasnima Episode Description: Welcome to the concluding episode of the third series of If Cincinnati’s...
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S3E8: The Role of the Cincinnati Development Fund
In this episode of If Cincinnati’s walls could talk listeners will learn about all things CDFIs. This includes what CDFIs are, how they work, and the impact they have on affordable housing projects. Special thanks to Luke Blocher who spoke with us about the way Cincinnati development fund…
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S3E7: Affordable Homeownership with HURC and the Port
Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corporation. Homesteading & Urban Redevelopment Corporation. (n.d.). https://hurccincy.org/ Mercado, A. (2024, August 2). Defining community development in order to fund it. Shelterforce....
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S3E6: The Hollywood Apartments Transformation and the Role of CDCs
Introduction: This episode focuses on College Hill, a neighborhood in Cincinnati, and the transformation of the Hollywood Apartments from disrepair to a model of affordable housing. Key Takeaways: The Hollywood Apartments project is a case study in leveraging local support and multiple funding...
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S3E5: The Role of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority
Thank you for joining us for Episode 5 of this season of If Cincinnati’s Walls Could Talk. We would like to extend our appreciation to our interviewee, Gary Boeres, Director of Housing Development at the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, for sharing his insights with us. We also wish to...
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S3E4: Bennett Point: A New Development in Pendleton
References: City of Cincinnati. (2024). Notice of Funding Availability. https://www.choosecincy.com/nofa. Ohio Housing Finance Agency. (n.d.). Bennett Point Proposal Summary. https://ohiohome.org/ppd/proposals/2020/UrbanOpportunity/BennettPoint.pdf. Strieby, S. (2024, July 10). Strength in...
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S3E3: The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
Thank you to Ryan Haas, Kale Merillat, Melissa Plaggemars, Charlie Shepherd, and Mitch Stone for their work toward making this episode possible. We’d also like to thank Stephanie Sweeney for taking the time for our interview and providing her professional input on all things LIHTC. References...
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S3E2: The Barrister: Affordable Housing in the Heart of Cincinnati
In this episode, we explore the Barrister, an innovative affordable housing project in downtown Cincinnati's central business district. Host Brady, along with co-hosts Lily and Luke, speak with Ben Eilerman, the Director of Real Estate Development at Over-the-Rhine Community Housing, about the...
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S3E1: Introduction: How Did We Get Here?
Hosts Greg Robison and Mitali Taraikar sit down to discuss the state of affordable housing in Cincinnati and the United States as a whole. They hear from Liz Blume, who spent 30 years as a planning professional; she stresses the need for additionally affordable housing units and the increased...
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Season 3: Affordable Housing Finance in Cincinnati
Why is it so hard to build affordable housing? In the next nine episodes, we'll tackle that questions, taking you through the complex system of affordable housing finance in Cincinnati and the United States. You'll hear case studies of developments around the city, as well as background on the...
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S2E9: Conclusions
Conclusions
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S2E8: Transformation of the Mercantile Library
Costello, Becca. “Mercantile Library Development Set to Receive 15-Year Property Tax Abatement.” WVXU, WVXU, 9 May 2023, www.wvxu.org/local-news/2023-05 08/mercantile-library-development-property-tax-abatement. Planalp, Brian. “$130 Million Redevelopment of Entire Downtown Block Secures Last…
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S2E7: The Mercantile Library Original Site
Sources: Rose, Cedric. Interview. Conducted by Sophie Roberto and Nate Carney. 2 November 2023
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S2E6: Turning the Kenton County Administrative building into the Hayden
Sources: Okun, David. Interview. Conducted by Carly Jones. 6 October 2023. Al. Neyer. “The Hayden at Roebling Point.” Al. Neyer , 9 Aug. 2023, www.neyer.com/portfolio/hayden-roebling-point/. City of Covington. “The City of Covington, KY - Official Government Website.” City of Covington, KY ,...
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S2E4: Why turning other downtown uses into residential is an important issue now
Sources: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/06/06/future-of-downtown-cincinnati-enquirer-cov erage/70270378007/ https://www.cbre.com/insights/viewpoints/the-rise-and-fall-of-office-to-multifamily-conversions -a-real-estate-investigation...
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S2E3: Contemporary Zoning in the Cincinnati Region
Sources: City of Cincinnati. (1925). The Official City Plan of Cincinnati, Ohio. Retrieved from https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/sites/planning/assets/File/1925%20Official%20Plan%20of%20the%20City%20of%20Cincinnati.pdf. City of Cincinnati. (1983). Cincinnati 2000 Plan. Retrieved from...
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S2E2: Cincinnati’s role in the history of zoning in the United States
Sources: Planning History Spotlight: The Offical Plan of the City of Cincinnati (1925). (2019, July 26). City of Cincinnati . Retrieved November 9, 2023, from https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/sites/planning/assets/File/1925%20Official%20Plan%20of%20the%20City%20of%20Cincinnati.pdf "Village of Euclid...
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S2E1: The History of Zoning in the United States
Sources: Hirt, Sonia A. 2014. Zoned in the USA: The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation. Illustrated edition. Ithaca ; London: Cornell University Press. Gray, M. Nolan. 2022. Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. Island Press. Cullingworth,...
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S2 Introduction: Office to Residential Conversions
Welcome to our second season! This season, the undergraduate students of Land Use explore the issue of converting office and other downtown uses to housing. In the process, we unpack the history of zoning in the U.S., how zoning is changing in Cincinnati, and how two conversion projects have…
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S1E7: Cincinnati Responds to Institutional Investors, 2021-present
References and Show Notes Madison Lentz - Sarah Day - Lauren Dahlager - Seth Maney - Edwin Vardiman Guest Speakers: Elizabeth Eddy - Director of Residential Development, Port of Cincinnati. - Asset Manager for the Port’s CARE Homes initiative - Vital source of information about institutional...
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S1E6: The Rise of Institutional Investors in Single Family Rentals 2012-present
References Christophers, B. (2021). How and Why U.S. Single-Family Housing Became an Investor Asset Class—Brett Christophers, 2021. Journal of Urban History. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00961442211029601 Curry, B. K. (2018, April 8). Invitation to a Housing Revolution. D…
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S1E5: The Foreclosure Crisis 2008-2012
Interview, Alfadhali, Adnan, and Hannah Dahlke. “Andy Meyer.” 16 Sept. 2022. A Decade of Foreclosures and the Crisis Continues: A Study of Foreclosures in Hamilton County, Ohio in 2012. Working In Neighborhoods, 2012,...
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S1E4: Housing Finance Gone Haywire Early 2000s
Thank you to our interviewees Doctor David Brasington, Political Economics Professor at the University of Cincinnati with a background in public finance, urban and regional economics, and real estate finance, and City Councilmember Mark Jeffries in the city of Cincinnati with a background in...
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S1E3: Disinvestment and Segregation in Cincinnati's Housing, 1970s-1990s
References Bureau of the Census. "1950 Census of Population." United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, 8 Oct 2021, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/pc-05/pc-5-11.pdf. Casey-Leininger, Charles. “Going Home: the struggle for fair housing in Cincinnati…
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S1E2: Suburbanization and the Impacts of Freeway Construction, 1960-1970s
Research by: Adi Iriqat & Deven Polela Interviews by: Annah Saladonis & Brandon Williams Scriptwriting by: Adi Iriquat, Deven Polela, Annah Saladonis, Jason Keith, and Brandon Williams Narration by: Jason Keith and Brandon Williams Audio Production and Editing by: Stefano Vicino Citations Evans,...
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S1E1: Building Cincinnati's First Suburbs and Neighborhoods, 1900-1960
Sources Casey-Leininger, Charles F. “Hamilton County Stable Integrated Communities.” Housing Opportunities Made Equal, October 2011. http://homecincy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Final-HT-Statistical-Report-from-UC.pdf. “Cincinnati Segregation: How History Shaped Cincinnati's Neighborhoods.”…
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Season 1 Intro: A Community Conversation on Institutional Investors
Welcome to the first season of If Cincinnati's Walls Could Talk, a podcast by the students of Housing Systems at the University of Cincinnati. This season we will be digging into the housing policy history that laid the groundwork for large investors to buy up single family housing in the...
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