A group of affordable-housing advocates is raising money for a $5 million pilot program that will move 100 inner-city families into suburban school districts in an attempt to give them more opportunities.

The Move to PROSPER project will give low-income families with children 13 or younger a chance to live in more upscale neighborhoods.

The Columbus Metro region is growing at a phenomenal rate. When the 2050 plan was rolled out a few years ago, the prediction was that our region would grow by 500,000 people by 2050; and now we should reach that number by 2029.

With a growing region comes a demand for more housing. 

Note: I was recently interviewed about the Move to Prosper Project. To view the full story as published, click on Columbus Underground below. 

Columbus Underground, March 24, 2017
By Brent Warren

A group of local academics and affordable housing advocates are working on a unique response to the issue of economic segregation in the region. The plan is to help 100 low-income families move to “high opportunity” neighborhoods, providing rental assistance, coaching, access to educational resources, and other types of support to the families for three years.