Demand skyrockets for Grey County affordable housing

Demand skyrockets for Grey County affordable housing

The number of applications for affordable housing in Grey County grew 248 per cent from year end 2020 to year end 2024, according to a report to Grey County Council.County officials said on Thursday's meeting that the waitlist has surged from 913 people in 2020 to more than 2,200 in 2024. Grey County administers the community housing centralized waitlist following eligibility rules outlined in the Housing Services Act. The community housing cent…

Commissioners Object to Apartment Site for the Homeless, and More Local News

Athens-Clarke County officials briefed commissioners at a work session last week on their plan to spend more than $2 million on affordable housing and homelessness, but the money does not go very far. ACC expects to receive $967,000 this year in federal HOME funds, an annual block grant program for affordable housing construction and rehabilitation. That funding is not nearly enough to meet the need, though—the Housing and Community Development …