Thank you to everyone who made the inaugural Eviciton Prevention Summit a success!
View coverage of the Summit below:
‘Our future hinges on this’: Hundreds gather for Akron's first Eviction Prevention Summit (Akron Beacon Journal)
Photos: 2022 Eviction Prevention Summit (Akron Beacon Journal)
Akron hosts summit to mark Eviction Prevention Week (WKSU/Ideastream)
Eviction Prevention Summit attracts hundreds in Akron (News5)
You can now view the livestreamed videos from the Eviction Prevention Summit, held Thursday, April 28, 2022. Click the button below
About the Summit
The Eviction Prevention Summit is a collaborative community response to the eviction pandemic that has plagued Summit County for decades. Summit organizers believe that all individuals have a right to safe, healthy, affordable housing, regardless of income or socio-economic standing.
The 2022 Summit will invite renters, landlords, housing advocates, developers, public officials, nonprofit and for-profit leaders, and community members to come together to share experiences, learn from each other, and design innovative and collaborative solutions to forge a new pathway forward toward housing security and freedom.
Featured speaker
Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted, MacArthur Genius Fellow, and founder of EvictionLab.org
Planning Committee
Community Legal Aid
Fair Housing Contact Service
Akron Eviction Task Force
Akron City Council
Akron-Summit County Public Library
City of Akron Mayor's Office
East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation
Freedom BLOC
ML Schultze
Eviction in Akron
The "eviction capital of Ohio," Akron has the highest rate of eviction in the state and the 27th highest in the nation. Tough economic conditions, lack of affordable homes, poor housing conditions, a mostly older rental stock, and large swaths of still segregated communities have created a perfect storm of housing insecurity and inequity. Roughly one-third of Summit County residents rent their homes, and recent data suggest as many as 20% of them could be at risk for eviction, with minority renters making up a disproportionate percentage. This pre-existing crisis was intensified when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, making the notion of homelessness all the more dangerous.
Special thanks to our event sponsors:
Presenting Sponsors
The City of Akron
Supporting Sponsors:
Third Federal
Gertrude F. Orr Fund of the Akron Community Foundation
LRMR Ventures & LeBron James Family Foundation
Table Sponsors:
Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
AmeriHealth
Excel HR Consulting, LLC
First Energy
GAR Foundation
KMG Prestige
PNC Bank
Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro
Non-profit Table Sponsors:
Akron Community Foundation
Akron Children's Hospital
Community Action Akron Summit
Community Support Services
East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation
EX[L] Center for Experiential Learning
Family Promise of Summit County
Greenleaf Family Center
Habitat for Humanity of Summit County
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Living Water Association, ONE
Ohio Access to Justice Foundation
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio
Summit County Continuum of Care
Summit County Council
Summit County Public Health
The Freedom BLOC
The Freedom ROC
The University of Akron
United Way of Summit & Medina
YWCA - Canton
Non-profit Supporting Sponsors:
AxessPointe
Columbus Stand Up!
County of Summit, Prosecutor
DeHoff Development
Family & Community Services
League of Women Voters, Hudson
NAACP, Akron
Ohio Legal Help
Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron
United Returning Citizens
In-Kind Sponsors:
Akron METRO
ABM Parking
Friends of Main Library
Last updated on August 08, 2022.