One Lima City Council member is working toward improving the relationship between Lima housing tenants and their landlords. Sixth Ward Councilman Derry Glenn held a community meeting Tuesday evening for tenants and landlords at the Wingate Hotel in Lima to initiate a conversation on how to address complaints received about housing situations in Lima's Sixth Ward.

Lima’s sixth ward councilman is trying to find a way to help landlords and tenants in his ward.  Derry Glenn will be holding a meeting this Tuesday to talk to individuals about the problems that exist with the rental properties in the south end of Lima.  He says there are good renters and landlords out there, but he has heard of people not paying rent for months, and landlords not following up with needed repairs.   So, he wants to bring both sides together to work on the differences and if they cannot be resolved

6th Ward Councilman Derry Glenn will be holding a meeting to talk with any Lima landlord on how to better relations and services with their tenants. He says that the 6th ward has the most concentration of rental properties in the city and he has been receiving calls from individuals about the increase in rents and lack of repairs to properties. His goal is to spark a change.

The program is called Make it Home and Lima was one of 13 municipalities nationwide selected by the Center for Community Progress to see if they can copy the success of the program in Detroit. Other cities that were picked are Atlanta, Louisville, Cleveland, and Milwaukee from a diverse group of applicants. The program takes rental properties that are being foreclosed on and the owner cannot maintain control of and helps the renters purchase them and become homeowners themselves.