Development

Code violations can be double-edged sword for low-income residents

Code enforcement seems like a mundane process needed to keep the city safe. A deeper look at the implications of violations in historically disinvested neighborhoods shows a more complicated practice.

Rent strike or payment forgiveness? Here are 4 eviction solutions

Here are four solutions to the growing eviction crisis caused by coronavirus. This story is the second of a two-part series on covid-related evictions in Franklin County.

Housing experts brace for ‘inevitable tsunami’ of COVID evictions

This story is the first of a two-part series on coronavirus-related evictions in Franklin County.

Columbus spends 6% of its budget on development.

Here’s where that money is going.

Developers gave over $440K to city officials in 4 years

‘They’re all friends down there’: Developers gave over $440K to city officials in 4 years

Columbus’ area commissions are caught between community and city

Disability lawsuit a win for those seeking independent housing

LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR

How one neighborhood grappled with history and building the future

Matter's first mini-documentary explores the tension between preserving history and building for the future.

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