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
Support the Housing Trust Fund
Updated June 2022 Legislation currently pending in the Ohio House Finance Committee has the potential to expand the Ohio Housing Trust Fund, the primary source [...]
COHHIO Names Amy Riegel to Serve as New Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 16, 2022 COHHIO Names Amy Riegel to Serve as New Executive Director The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio’s Board [...]
Invest in Ohio’s Housing Recovery
Proposal to Invest ARPA Funds in Affordable Housing (Updated May 2022) COHHIO and over 225 companies and organizations are asking Gov. Mike DeWine and the [...]
New Housing Resources for Local Advocates
The American Rescue Plan (ARPA) and other federal Covid response legislation created new resources that local advocates can use to address homelessness and housing insecurity [...]
Report Underscores Need to Invest in Affordable Housing Recovery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2022 Report Underscores Need to Invest in Affordable Housing Recovery Housing advocates released data Thursday revealing a dire shortage of [...]
Advocates Praise State Housing Investment in Healthy Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2022 The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio applauded the DeWine Administration Wednesday for maintaining and expanding a pilot [...]
Federal Advocacy Update: Housing Appropriations Bill
Spring 2022 Update: President Biden's Fiscal Year 2023 budget request would increase funding for HUD's housing and homelessness by $6.2 billion for a total of [...]
Black History Month and Housing in Ohio
Black History Month is an annual commemoration of the best of Black life and culture in our history, a time to celebrate the lives and [...]
Breaking Ground Newsletter – Winter 2022
Winter 2022 As we settle in to the new year we’re facing real challenges – the Omicron variant, skyrocketing housing costs, deadlock in Congress. Despite [...]
