Hamilton Journal-News By Lisa A. Bernard BUTLER COUNTY – With Ohio leading the nation in foreclosures, state legislators and the mortgage lending industry are locked in heated battle over how best to protect consumers. Since the late 1990s, Ohio’s foreclosure rate has soared to three times the national average, with
Hamilton Journal-News By Lisa A. Bernard BUTLER COUNTY- Neighborhood charm dies here one home at a time. Vacant houses. Overgrown yards. Unkempt properties. The problems are glaring, said longtime Hamilton resident Robert Prather. “It started about five years ago”, said Prather of the empty houses scattered across his Ludlow Avenue
Middletown Journal By Chris Dumond HAMILTON – The number of foreclosure filings in Butler County has more than tripled in the last decade as Ohio has become the nation’s leader in home loan defaults. According to Butler County Clerk of Courts records, one of every 187 county residents experienced foreclosure
Gongwer News Service Issue 1 was a hit at the polls last month, and implementing legislation for the research and development bond package proved to be a one-hearing wonder in the Senate Tuesday. The Finance & Financial Institutions Committee unanimously reported the bill (SB 236) after hearing from a handful
Policy group says action ill-advisedby John Nolan Dayton Daily News DAYTON | Legislation that Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted is promoting as a means to encourage Delphi Corp. and auto industry employers to invest in their plants and keep jobs in Ohio may be ill-advised, a policy research organization says.
The Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee Tuesday quickly passed out SB236, which lays out the implementation of Third Frontier provisions and the Job Ready Sites program approved by voters in November in State Issue 1. The bill passed with unanimous support and included amendments from both sides of the
Higher Quality Properties Being Auctionedby Natalie Morales Springfield News-Sun Clark County hit an all-time high in foreclosed properties for auction Friday with 71, including those for delinquent taxes, up for bidding. Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly, who also serves as the county’s foreclosure auctioneer, moved the auction from its usual
The Hannah Report With the Nov. 8 passage of the constitutional amendment — Issue 1, the General Assembly must now take up legislation to implement the Third Frontier amendment. The amendment said that the General Assembly would provide for ensuring the accountability of all state funding provided for the purposes
People’s Weekly World By Judy Johnson CLEVELAND
Gongwer News Service Auto Industry Aid: Issue 1 isn’t the only priority bill that’s come under some criticism of late. Policy Matters Ohio sent a letter to lawmakers this week warning that a proposal to significantly expand the Job Retention Tax Credit program (HB 414) would severely diminish state tax
Gongwer News Service Critics have already taken aim at two priority bills that have yet to be heard in committee but could see action by the end of this year’s legislative session. Among them is a measure, to be introduced as soon as next week, to implement components of the
The Hannah Report In a message he sent recently to members of the House Economic Development & Environment Committee on the effects HB414, Zach Schiller of Policy Matters Ohio expressed his concern that the the policy response contained in the bill is not the best course of action for the
