{"id":167904,"date":"2026-04-16T21:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167904\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:04:35","slug":"residents-bring-up-affordability-concerns-at-erie-city-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167904\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents bring up affordability concerns at Erie City Council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Erie City Council chambers drew a crowd looking to have their say about what they call the affordability crisis in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dozens of people showed up on Wednesday night to make their case about the rising price of housing, groceries and health care, among other topics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/erie-county-to-receive-over-18-million-in-state-funding\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Erie County to receive over $18 million in state funding;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Erie County to receive over $18 million in state funding&quot;}\"> Erie County to receive over $18 million in state funding <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On a night when a discussion was to be held on the Erie Events market house project, folks in attendance were stressing the importance of projects designed to help working-class people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One supporter spoke about a sign of the times that shows the financial stress people in the area are under.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/erie-county-holds-logic-accuracy-test-ahead-of-may-primaries\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Erie County holds logic, accuracy test ahead of May primaries;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Erie County holds logic, accuracy test ahead of May primaries&quot;}\"> Erie County holds logic, accuracy test ahead of May primaries <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cActually, earlier today I spoke with a couple, and they said something to me that I could say traumatized me; they said that they had to take out a loan to pay for groceries, like what type of reality are we living in?\u201d said Carlos Mora, with Erie County United.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Infinite Erie in February released a housing plan which included data from the Census Bureau that found that almost half of Erie renters are severely cost burdened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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