housing – THE DEVIL STRIP

Helping Summit County’s 90,000 older adults stay safe in their homes

January 14th, 2021

Reporting, writing and photos by H.L. Comeriato Hilary Lewis could jump for joy. “It’s a huge, gigantic relief,” Lewis says, detailing the home repairs that Rebuilding Together has helped her complete ov... Read More...

Inside I Promise Village, the LeBron James program tackling student homelessness

December 10th, 2020

Reporting, writing and photos by Abbey Marshall LeBron James’ basketball career started in a place similar to this: huddled around a hoop on a tucked-away Akron street, with friends wiping their b... Read More...

City will accept bids for conservation in Merriman Valley after residents protest development

November 16th, 2020

Reporting, writing and photos by Abbey Marshall Tune into any Monday night City Council meeting and you’ll hear demands for conservation in the Merriman Valley in the public comment section. Spread open loc... Read More...

How a housing-first strategy could save domestic violence survivors during a pandemic

September 30th, 2020

By Conor Morris Things were finally looking up for Ohio resident Caroline earlier this year. After being forced to leave her home for a time because of domestic violence, she was in her own rental, raising ... Read More...

Home In Akron | This landlord wouldn’t make repairs. So his tenant convinced a judge that he shouldn’t collect rent.

February 10th, 2020

by Doug LivingstonAkron Beacon Journal Anthony Williams keeps a pile of pillows on his bed to block a drafty window. But that’s not why he sleeps on the living room couch. The basement wall below his bed... Read More...

Home in Akron | A crash course in squatters' rights

February 3rd, 2020

Killing time between the morning pick up and afternoon drop off Tuesday, Laura Speaks parked her school bus and hopped on Facebook. An advertisement flashed on her cell phone for a used side-by-side Kenmore... Read More...

This Is Akron: How to flip Akron’s distressed housing market

April 1st, 2019

by Doug LivingstonAkron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com She's staring down six expensive years in medical school and he's working part-time before graduating this summer with a degree in construction management fro... Read More...

This Is Akron: Housing is a hundred-year storm

April 1st, 2019

by Doug LivingstonAkron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com Now that 20 homes are gone, there's a clear view of Sandra Saulsberry's back porch from any of the public bus stops on Miller Avenue, which runs from Summit L... Read More...

‘A Road to Nowhere:’ How the Construction of the Innerbelt Displaced Thousands

November 29th, 2018

About 75 percent of the people displaced by the Innerbelt found themselves worse off than before or about the same, according to Akron’s current director of planning and urban development, Jason Segedy.

Akron is the most affordable city for millennials to become homeowners …so where are they?

December 11th, 2014

Did you see this from the Washington Post on Wednesday? Akron tops the list of cities where millennials can afford to buy a home. On one side of the infographic, you'll see it: The affordable places. Not man... Read More...

Confronting Reality: Theatre on Balch Street

ArtsNow launches $50,000 Artist Relief Fund for Summit County artists

In the studio with metalsmith Shani Richards

The National Center for Choreography celebrates five years

Donovan Harris | A pillar in the Akron community

Helping Summit County’s 90,000 older adults stay safe in their homes

Pastor Dee Williams is called to ‘love the hell out of people’

Akron Urban League Young Professionals provides support for Black Akronites

Vive le Jazz!

Peachcurls showcases NEO musicians on new album ‘Meadow’

Brian Lisik’s ‘Gudbye Stoopid Whirled’ wasn’t supposed to be about the pandemic — but it is

Longtime rocker Harvey Gold is ‘all the versions’ of himself on new album

How to Cultivate Resilience in Your Child

The doctor is in: Infant eye color

Dealing with transitions in a blended household

Shame and Laundry

Helping Summit County’s 90,000 older adults stay safe in their homes

City will accept bids for conservation in Merriman Valley after residents protest development

How a housing-first strategy could save domestic violence survivors during a pandemic

Home In Akron | This landlord wouldn’t make repairs. So his tenant convinced a judge that he shouldn’t collect rent.

Home in Akron | A crash course in squatters' rights

This Is Akron: How to flip Akron’s distressed housing market

This Is Akron: Housing is a hundred-year storm

‘A Road to Nowhere:’ How the Construction of the Innerbelt Displaced Thousands

Akron is the most affordable city for millennials to become homeowners …so where are they?

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