SOAR Ohio Update
Aug. 11, 2025 Dear COHHIO Members, Partners, and Advocates, We recently received notice that the Trump Administration plans to shut down the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) Technical Assistance [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Workers’ Comp Update
July 2025 Updates for members of COHHIO's Workers' Compensation program: The BWC has changed the due date of the True-Up to August 31. Note that August 31 is a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
March Federal Advocacy Alert
Updated March 28 Please join us in taking action to protect federal housing programs and HUD staff! Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is proposing to cut HUD staff [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
