<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=20dCK5_1H2EZroK00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=20dCK5_1H2EZroK00" width="840" height="610" ><figcaption>Unify Akron / YouTube Akron Mayor Shammas Malik addresses a crowd to respond to nine housing recommendations set forth by Unify Akron</figcaption></figure>The City of Akron presented its response Thursday to nine housing recommendations made by the Unify Akron's Civic Assembly earlier this year. Mayor Shammas Malik responded to each proposal individually, said some had been adopted and progress was being made on others but didn't reject any of the recommendations."We believe that each of the nine recommendations has merit and can be achieved in some form or fashion," he said.Malik said the city has already made progress on several, including a change to zoning regulations to better accommodate tiny homes and a database of public housing violations that is already live.The civic assembly was the first in Akron, not to mention Northeast Ohio. Sixty-five delegates spent several months researching and deliberating housing issues. They created the nine proposals and gave the city six months to consider them.Unify Akron managing director Carla Chapman said Akron is modeling a new way of getting the community's needs to the table."Through neighbors sitting down, listening to each other and doing the work," she said. "And then we're gonna ask our government to listen to its people and then to take action."Six of the recommendations have already been adopted by or are actively being worked on by the city. Mayor Malik said three others require further research on how best to implement them.</div></body>

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The City of Akron presented its response Thursday to nine housing recommendations made by the Unify Akron's Civic Assembly earlier this year. Mayor Shammas Malik responded to each proposal individually, said some had been adopted and progress was being made on others but didn't reject any of the recommendations. "We...

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The City of Akron presented its response Thursday to nine housing recommendations made by the Unify Akron's Civic Assembly earlier this year. Mayor Shammas

Unify Akron hears mayor's response on its housing recommendation

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