Advocating for state and federal policies to promote affordable housing and end homelessness is one of COHHIO’s core functions. For decades COHHIO has given voice to the underrepresented, fighting to end homelessness and ensure all Ohioans have a safe, decent, affordable home.
See recent updates on the issues we’re working at the right. Visit the following pages for more information about COHHIO’s advocacy on Federal Issues, State Issues, and the Ohio Housing Trust Fund (OHTF). For press releases and coverage on these issues, visit the Media Room.
Advocacy Updates
Report: Ohio’s Affordable Housing Gap Shrinks Slightly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2024 CONTACT: Marcus Roth, marcusroth@cohhio.org Report: Ohio's Affordable Housing Gap Shrinks Slightly Steep rent inflation exacerbated Ohio’s affordable housing crisis [...]
Ohio’s Unhoused Population Grows 7% Amid Rising Rents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 18, 2023 Ohio’s Unhoused Population Grows 7% Amid Rising Rents Buckeye State Homelessness Increases Slower than National Average The unprecedented spike [...]
Housing Affordability by Job in Ohio
Many housing programs are based on Area Median Income (AMI). Just how much can a child care worker afford to pay on rent? What kind [...]
What is Affordable Housing?
It's a question we hear all the time. There's a simple answer, and there's a more complicated answer. So COHHIO designed this 1-page infographic to [...]
COHHIO Testifies on Ohio Housing Trust Fund
Dec. 5, 2023 COHHIO Advocacy Director Gina Wilt urged members of the Senate Financial Institutions & Technology Committee to amend legislation on recording fees to [...]
Senate Select Committee on Housing
Sept. 13, 2023 COHHIO’s Executive Director Amy Riegel encouraged the Senate Select Committee on Housing to build on successful initiatives that help struggling Ohioans stay [...]