The latest on the city's affordable housing bonds

• Some examples: Topiary Park Crossing; the Broadleigh Lofts offering housing for veterans; and the Nationwide Children's Hospital Healthy Homes project in Linden.
• In total, the city has allocated $142 million toward 3,534 new affordable units and other efforts, including homeless shelter repairs.

Between the lines: "Affordable" means tenants aren't spending more than 30% of their household income on housing, deputy director of housing strategies Erin Prosser tells Axios.

• The city's support enables developers to charge tenants lower rents than what's typical to pay off a new project.

Flashback: This 2022 "neighborhood development" bond is just one component of a five-part, $1.5 million package, but it got the most attention because of the ongoing housing crisis.

Reality check: Columbus has a deficit of nearly 53,000 affordable housing units, meaning more development is necessary to keep up with demand.

What they're saying: "This isn't a moment where we say, 'we've solved it,'" Prosser says. "We're going to continue to manage and monitor the housing market for the foreseeable future."