$60 Million and Counting: the cost of vacant and abandoned properties to eight Ohio cities (Executive Summary), released February 2008

This groundbreaking research documents and quantifies the vacancy and abandonment problem in the state of Ohio. Using eight diverse cities--Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Ironton, Lima, Springfield, Toledo and Zanesville--as "snapshots," this study measures the magnitude of the problem and identifies costs arising from vacant properties for local governments, communities, and neighborhoods hard hit by vacancies.

For the full report and other related documents, or other reports by Community Research Partners, please visit our Projects and Publications page at www.researchpartners.org. 

For more information about ReBuild Ohio please visit their web page at http://www.rebuildohio.org/.

A Local Housing Market Typology for the City of Columbus, Ohio, released December 2006

This report presents a neighborhood housing market typology (a systematic classification of types) to identify and describe housing submarket types within the larger Columbus housing market.

To view other publications by Community Research Partners, view the Projects and Publications page at www.researchpartners.org.

A Nonpartisan Overview of Charter Schools and Private School Vouchers in Ohio, released August 2006

This report provides an overview of Ohio’s charter school system and the new private school voucher program.

For more information, or to view other reports, please visit KidsOhio's reports page at www.kidsohio.org.

A Step Toward Fiscal Balance: Options for Ohio's Income Tax, released April 2008

Now is the time to begin examining the state’s options for raising revenue, both to avert a deficit and to invest in needed priorities. Policy Matters Ohio worked with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a Washington, D.C., based research institute with a sophisticated model of state and federal taxation systems, to review three possibilities: (1) freezing rates at 2008 levels, (2) restoring the original 7.5 percent top rate for the highest income families, and (3) and rolling back rates to 2007 levels.

To view other reports from Policy Matters Ohio, please visit their website at www.policymattersohio.org.

Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Board of Franklin County Strategic Plan for Housing, 2007

This plan identifies the Franklin County community’s housing needs and provides strategic recommendations for policy, programmatic, and funding development related to housing programs for consumers of behavioral health services in the ADAMH system of care.

For more information about the ADAMH Board of Franklin county, visit their site at www.adamhfranklin.org.

Aligning Workforce Development and Economic Development: Opportunities for Ohio, released January 2007

This paper lays out state workforce and economic development alignment options, based on several policy proposals that were under consideration in Ohio and a review of practices in other states and national policy research. It presents: 1) models of state agency reorganization and coordination; 2) models of regional sector strategies; and 3) strategies for the effective use of state resources.

For more documents from Policy Matters Ohio, visit their Publications page at www.policymattersohio.org.

For more documents from Community Research Partners, visit our Projects and Publications page at www.researchpartners.org.