YMHA director plans ‘long-overdue’ study

YOUNGSTOWN — A new executive director and a comprehensive plan are expected to result in significant changes to the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority.

The $125,000 study, to be finished next month, will review the authority’s 1,534 housing units and determine what, if anything, needs to be done with them. The EMG Group of Chicago is conducting the study of the agency, which oversees public housing for low- and moderate-income families in Mahoning County. Most of its units are in Youngstown.

This is the first “all-encompassing study” of its housing units ever done by the YMHA and is “long overdue,” said Clifford Scott, its executive director since May.

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