Experts say Columbus and Austin are both booming cities with the same problem: Affordable housing is scarce, and the demand is growing.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — From homeless to homeowner, Jasmine Wooten understands the struggle to afford a safe place to live in Columbus.
“This year closing on my home, it was a culmination of six years of really hard work and kind of scratching myself out of circumstances,” Wooten said.
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“My mortgage ends up being around $1,280 including my homeownership insurance,” Wooten said.
It’s a similar story for Carla Rangel – a renter in Austin, Texas. She spent more than a year homeless before she won the housing lottery there. She was placed in an affordable apartment …