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Around 99,000 homes in Summit County may have lead paint hazards, according to Summit County Public Health. Lead-based paint was banned in the United States in 1978. Previously, it was used to paint both the interior and exterior of houses. SCPH's Lead Hazard Reduction Grant, in partnership with the county’s Department of Community and Economic Development and funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, has secured renewed funding for the next four years.

Does your home have lead paint? Akron and Summit County have programs to help you remove it

by Reegan Davis Saunders July 3, 2025July 10, 2025

Residents of this apartment building at 1431 S. Main. St. in Akron were evacuated in February after the building's front facade partially collapsed, dropping bricks and debris onto the sidewalk and roadway below.

Demolition order given for evacuated Akron apartment building, despite potential buyer

by Doug Brown July 2, 2025July 1, 2025

Constructed in 1893, the Akron Soap Company Building, at right, once housed a thriving soap manufacturing business. The building was previously rehabbed in 2016 for office use. With market demands shifting, the building will now be converted into 11 residential units. Adjacent to it, the Federal Warehouse, left, will be transformed into additional apartments on the upper floors and a new performance space on the first floor. The conversion project a historic preservation tax credit from Ohio worth $3.1 million from Ohio

Three Akron projects to get $12 million in historic tax credits to build new housing in old buildings

by Arielle Kass June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Annie McFadden, the interim president & CEO of United Way of Summit & Medina counties and a partner in the Right to Counsel coalition, speaks about the need for the program during Akron City Council's Budget & Finance Committee meeting.

Free legal help coming to Akron renters facing eviction. New program starts Sept. 1.

by Arielle Kass June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

Esther Thomas speaks with members of the Akron City Council Public Safety Committee

How Akron renters facing evictions could get legal help — City Council to hear proposal Monday

by Arielle Kass June 23, 2025June 23, 2025

Akron’s City Council last week approved a proposal to redevelop the former Hotchkiss Elementary School in Akron's Middlebury neighborhood and build 10 apartments and two commercial spaces.

Local developer reimagines former Hotchkiss Elementary in Middlebury

by Arielle Kass June 20, 2025June 20, 2025

More Akron affordable houses could soon be available to residents.Three lots along Excelsior Avenue in Middlebury could soon see three-two family dwellings if plans are approved by Akron City Council. This could see more Akron affordable houses available to residents.

Three affordable houses planned for Akron’s Middlebury neighborhood

by London Green and Akron Documenters May 6, 2025May 4, 2025

This house at 879 Raymond St. in Sherbondy Hill is one of four vacant and deteriorated houses added to the city's demolition list by the Akron Housing Appeals Board at its monthly meeting March 27. Akron homes demolition.

Four Akron homes added to demolition list in March

by LeKesha Parkman and Akron Documenters April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

Christopher Pratt slept outside

Evacuated tenants say their rooms broken into in Akron apartment building

by Doug Brown March 10, 2025April 16, 2025

Apartment building at 1431 S. Main. St.

Residents evacuated from troubled Akron apartment building still unable to return

by Doug Brown March 10, 2025April 16, 2025

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