Federal Issues

Federal Issues2023-07-25T14:43:49-04:00
COHHIO works closely with our partners in Washington, like the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the National Alliance to End Homelessness, to monitor and influence federal policies on housing and homelessness.

2025 Gap Report Shows Shortage of Affordable Homes in Ohio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2025 Report Finds Shortage of 264,000 Affordable Rental Homes in Ohio Advocates released a report Thursday showing that Ohio made modest progress toward reducing the state’s shortage of affordable housing [...]

COHHIO In Your Community – Findings

In early 2024, COHHIO Executive Director Amy Riegel set the goal of organizing community meetings throughout the state to reinvigorate the organization's connection to local residents and to gather feedback about pressing issues and potential [...]

March Federal Advocacy Alert

Updated March 7 Please join us in taking action to protect federal housing programs and HUD staff on March 10 National Day of Action! Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is proposing to cut [...]

Homelessness in Ohio – 2024

HUD's recent 2024 Annual Homeless Assessment Report shows overall homelessness in Ohio increased 3% last year to 11,759. While any increase in homelessness is concerning, it's considerably less than the 18% increase in homelessness nationally. [...]

COHHIO Statement on Gov. DeWine’s Executive Budget

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 4, 2025 COHHIO Statement on Gov. DeWine's Executive Budget Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio's Executive Director Amy Riegel issued the following statement in response to the introduction of Gov. [...]

Federal Funds Freeze Briefing

Thank you for joining us for Thursday’s briefing on the federal funding freeze. We had nearly 500 participants, so we know there’s a lot of concern. You can download the presentation here. Below is a [...]

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