Council will give its final approval for a new housing policy for the next 10 to 20 years and included in the city’s new comprehensive master plan at its Sept. 2 meeting.
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Here’s a look at Middletown housing, by the numbers:
• $58.4 million - Drop in Middletown residential property values from 2011-2015
• $6.19 million - amount of delinquent property taxes due from 1,276 parcels.
• $4.57 million - amount of delinquent property taxes owed by the 1,276 parcel owners to the Middletown City School District
• $590,477 - amount of delinquent property taxes owed by the 1,276 parcel owners to the city of Middletown
• $392,595 - estimated amount owed by 304 accounts that have not filed a city income tax return for the past two years
• $250,000 - amount city of Middletown pays to mow more than 500 vacant residential properties each year
• $36,898 - U.S. Census 2016 estimate of median family income in Middletown
• 22,985 - number of total housing units in Middletown
• 10,298 - Number of owner-occupied housing units in Middletown, about 52.6 percent
• 9,286 - Number of renter-occupied housing units in Middletown, about 47.4 percent
• 3,401 - 2016 Census estimate of vacant housing units in Middletown
• 2,000-plus - number of homes in the buffer between housing and heavy industrial uses
• 1,276 - Number of parcels in Middletown that have delinquent property taxes due
• 670 - Estimated yearly demand for multi-family units with a rent range of $750 to $1,900 a month
• 127 - Estimated yearly demand for single-family homes with a price range of $150,000 to $500,000 and up
• 304 - number of accounts who have not filed a city income tax return for the past two years to
• 36.4 - Percentage for new Middletown overall rental housing goal
• 33 - Estimated yearly demand for condominiums with a price range of $150,000 to $500,000 and up
• 30.3 to 54 - 2015 percentage of total population below poverty level by Census tracts
• 27.7 - Percentage of rentals in Butler County, about 32,959 units, excluding Middletown
A committee has identified goals to improve the city’s housing stock over the next 10 to 20 years. They include:
• Reducing the number of rental housing
• Increasing owner-occupied housing
• Developing a stock of next-level housing with three or more bedrooms beyond starter housing
• Building more homes with a starting price-point of $150,000 or higher
• Compliance with property maintenance codes
• Developing buffers from residential to commercial to industrial areas
• Increasing investment and reinvestment throughout Middletown
• Targeting neighborhoods for revitalization, such as the Oakland neighborhood
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