
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.
COHHIO in Your Community 2025
In response to valuable feedback from last year's COHHIO In Your Community tour, we have scheduled a new series of regional round tables this fall. These sessions are focused on two groups facing the biggest [...]
COHHIO Advocacy Day 2025
Join us on Oct. 8 for COHHIO's second annual Advocacy Day at the Ohio Statehouse! Advocacy Day is an opportunity to meet with members of the Ohio General Assembly to highlight all the amazing things [...]
Report: Gap Between Ohio Rents and Tenants’ Income Doubled Since 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2025 CONTACT: Marcus Roth, 614-280-1984 x.111 Gap Between Ohio Rents and Tenants’ Income Doubled Since 2020 Full-time workers need to earn at least $22.51/hour just to afford a modest two-bedroom [...]
FY 2026 Federal Appropriations Update
Updated July 16, 2025 The U.S. House of Representatives Fiscal Year FY 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) spending bill released this week would cut HUD's housing and homelessness programs by $939 million. While [...]
ADVOCACY UPDATE: Senate Restores Ohio Housing Trust Fund
Updated June 26, 2025: Good news! The legislature rejected a budget amendment that would have gutted the Ohio Housing Trust Fund! The legislature approved the budget bill (HB 96) last night, affirming the current structure [...]
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 [...]