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Oberer Homes can move forward with a new development in Yellow Springs, but without an affordable housing component initially promised to the village, after council voted against the villages own plan Monday night.

The village and Oberer had worked together to produce a plan that would include duplexes and affordable housing along with single-family homes in a 53-acre area along Spillan Road at the south edge of town.

The village initially asked for the development to advance affordable housing in the village, including an area that the village would later be able to develop into affordable housing, as well as more duplexes and townhomes.

But Monday night, after complaints from numerous residents, village council voted 2-2 with one abstention on the revised planned unit development zoning.

That means the zoning reverts to what was previously approved, with 143 single-family homes on the lot, with the homes starting at about $300,000, according to village documents. The village annexed about 34 acres of the land into the village last summer.

The development that council voted on Monday night would have included 64 single-family homes, 52 duplexes and 24 townhomes with an additional 1.75 acres to be donated to the community for affordable housing to be built later.

Multiple Yellow Springs villagers, including entertainer Dave Chappelle, got involved against the project. Chappelle even threatened to pull his business interests from the village, which include a plan for a restaurant called Firehouse Eatery and comedy club called Live from YS. Chappelles company, Iron Table Holdings LLC, bought the former Miami Twp. fire station at 225 Corry St. in December.

Chappelle repeated his threat again on Monday night in the city council meeting.

I am not bluffing, he said. I will take it all off the table.

Piece of shit human being a piece of shit, go figure

Other villagers cited concerns with traffic flow, problems with a proposed homeowners association and issues with water management, but several villagers said they also felt that council had not included them in the process with Oberer.

One resident, Matthew Kirk, a member of the citizens board who worked on the project, said he was initially excited but his view later soured. He argued that the plan was really two projects rather than one: a single-family home development next to a condo development.

I think its important to kind of understand the framing and also understand how those products attract different homebuyers, Kirk said.

There used to be an awesome patch of desert land near my folks neighborhood for decades but a few years ago it was turned into affordable housing high rises.

It fucking sucks as what it's done to the peace there.

There used to be an awesome patch of desert land near my folks neighborhood for decades amd was amazing for jogging, biking, and dog walikng but a few years ago it was turned into affordable housing high rises.

It fucking sucks ass what it's done to the peace there.

Would you feel the same if they were luxury high rises?

There used to be an awesome patch of desert land near my folks neighborhood for decades amd was amazing for jogging, biking, and dog walikng but a few years ago it was turned into affordable housing high rises.

It fucking sucks ass what it's done to the peace there.

People have to live somewhere.

Not nearly as much

There used to be an awesome patch of desert land near my folks neighborhood for decades amd was amazing for jogging, biking, and dog walikng but a few years ago it was turned into affordable housing high rises.

It fucking sucks ass what it's done to the peace there.

ITT: People who didn't read why he was against the plan.

The "affordable housing" were homes worth $350k-600k. Not affordable for the average middle class in Ohio family at all.

ITT: People who didn't read why he was against the plan.

The "affordable housing" were homes worth $350k-600k. Not affordable for the average middle class in Ohio family at all.

Off-topic, but what actually raises property value?

and he did not demand they be made CHEAPER

he wanted them gone alltogether

he did not demand they offer more land

he only cares about how it would effect the property value of his property

I've been hearing the allotted affordable housing section would be 1.7 acres, which is tiny, and it would be done for the sake of getting a tax break.

Which means that someone against this would be someone wanting more affordable housing in that area, not less.

But I've yet to see that that's what's happening.

Fair, next

prove it prove he wants MORE land and cheaper houses

why is his only concern how it would effect the value of his property

Piece of shit human being a piece of shit, go figure

but I guess Dave Chapelle hates the poor is a better headline so fuck any other context.

Off-topic, but what actually raises property value?