Official unsure housing summit addressed base problem

By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette

While Union County officials agreed their first ever housing summit was overall successful, one county commissioner said it lacked a key component to truly address the area’s housing crisis: solutions.

At the recent county commissioners board meeting, Commissioner Tom McCarthy told Eric Phillips, economic development director for the county and City of Marysville, that the next time a summit is put together, its focus should be more on solving the problem, not just discussing it.

“I think you have to be careful when you have a three-hour (event)…the presumption is that when you’re talking about an issue, you have some solutions,” he said. “So, th…

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