Emergency Rental Assistance
If you’re having trouble paying your rent or utility bills, help may be available!
You can apply for assistance through the state’s Home Relief Grant application portal or use the directory below to contact an emergency rental assistance program in your county.
COHHIO Updates
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement on Gov. DeWine Signing HB 45
Jan. 6, 2023Amy Riegel, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, issued the following statement in [...]
Workers’ Comp Update
January 2023 Attention COHHIO's organizational members! Please see the following updates about our Workers' Compensation Group from Sedgwick, our third [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lame Duck Statehouse Exacerbates Ohio’s Affordable Housing Crisis
DEC. 21, 2022 Lame Duck Statehouse Exacerbates Ohio’s Affordable Housing Crisis Advocates Urge DeWine to Use Veto Pen State lawmakers [...]
Help VETO Bad Housing Amendments!
During this week’s chaotic lame duck session, Statehouse leaders passed two last-minute amendments threatening the continued viability of affordable housing [...]
Affordable Housing Under Attack! (yet again)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEC. 14, 2022 Housing Advocates Oppose Tax Increase on Workforce and Senior Housing Properties Housing advocates warned [...]
Request for Proposals: Homeless Systems Coordinated Entry Evaluator
The Ohio Balance of State Continuum of Care is requesting proposals to evaluate and refine the Coordinated Entry (CE) system [...]
Invest in Ohio’s Housing Recovery
(Updated November 2022) COHHIO and over 260 companies and organizations are asking Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio General Assembly [...]
State Invests in Housing to Reduce Infant Mortality
Sept. 30, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE State Invests in Housing to Reduce Infant Mortality The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing [...]
Business Groups Support ARPA Investment in Affordable Housing
Several influential statewide business groups recently called on State leaders to invest a portion of Ohio's American Rescue Plan Act [...]
Rapidly Rising Rents Keep Homes Out of Reach in Ohio
Rapidly Rising Rents Keep Homes Out of Reach in Ohio Full-time workers need to earn at least $17.05 an hour [...]
Ohio Pay to Stay Guide
COHHIO is pleased to partner with the Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio (AHACO) to present the Statewide Edition of [...]
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 [...]