Washington, July 31 -- Representative Emilia Sykes issued the following press release:
AKRON, OHIO - U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) hosted her second Housing Together: A Roundtable with Rep. Sykes at the Akron Urban League Thursday. Building on the first event in March, participants discussed the challenges driving housing costs across Ohio's 13th Congressional District and identified solutions to make housing more affordable for families.Panelists identified rising property taxes and increased rent prices as the top issues and pointed to long-term investment in properties and a ban on corporations controlling the single-family home market as potential ways to address the housing affordability crisis."Housing affordability is one...