An Ohio developer says he is moving forward with construction on a controversial housing project in Dave Chappelle’s hometown of Yellow Springs following a heated village council meeting that saw the comic icon threaten to withdraw millions in planned investments in the community. "Construction should commence in early spring," George Oberer, the CEO of Oberer Homes, told Dayton Daily News, the major local newspaper.
Chappelle received criticism earlier this week after the paper reported his opposition to the developer’s plan – which sought to add dozens of multiple-family homes to the village, which in 2019 had less than 4,000 residents, according to the U.S.
Census Bureau.The village is about 20 miles east of Dayton. Comedy icon Dave Chappelle has vehemently opposed a planned development in his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio.The developer told local media this week he planned to move forward with an alternate plan. (Mathieu Bitton/Netflix) Proponents argued the development would bring affordable housing in the community – but critics say it would barely bring any. "Dave Chappelle didn't kill affordable housing," said Carla Sims, a spokesperson for Chappelle. "Concerned residents and a responding Village Council ‘killed’ a half-baked plan which never actually offered affordable housing." The plan, according to Chappelle’s team, would have set aside just three of more than 140 lots for "future" affordable housing.
Sims called the plan "an accelerant on the homogenization" of the village, which houses Antioch College and is the hometown of Gov.
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