Housing & Homelessness Roundtable with Sen. Portman
Sen. Rob Portman joined COHHIO and local housing advocates Thursday to hear about the struggles facing the 1.1 million Ohioans have lost their jobs as they try to maintain stable [...]
Help Wanted: Youth Homelessness Demonstration Grant Partners
The federal Youth Homelessness Demonstration Grant will provide about $715,000 annually to implement projects that serve homeless and at-risk youth in eastern Ohio. The Ohio Balance of State Continuum of [...]
Ohio Tenants and Landlords Unite Behind Emergency Rental Assistance Proposal
Click here to watch the video news conference calling for emergency rental assistance. News clips: https://radio.wosu.org/post/ohio-landlords-and-tenants-call-federal-rental-assistance-during-pandemic#stream/0 https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/tenants-landlords-pushing-congress-for-help-in-latest-relief-bill https://www.10tv.com/article/housing-advocates-push-federal-rental-assistance-2020-apr https://www.nbc4i.com/news/concerns-grow-over-paying-rent-during-covid-19-crisis/ https://dayton247now.com/news/local/ohio-renters-landlords-push-for-emergency-rental-assistance-needed-during-pandemic https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/may-rent-due-landlords-fear-nonpayment-could-surge-this-month/c94bL6o3Q32zK5lzIgKwhK/ For Immediate Release April 30, 2020 CONTACT: Marcus [...]
Economic Impact Payments for People Experiencing Homelessness
From IRS Legislative Affairs Division Topic: Economic Impact Payments for the Homeless Key Points: Here’s one where we need your help. Please share the following social media messages with taxpayers, [...]
Bill’s Update on Covid & Homelessness
Homeless shelters throughout Ohio are scrambling to obtain masks, gloves, cleaning supplies, staffing, and food. Even more critically, they need to reduce the population density within these congregate facilities to [...]
Race, Homelessness, and COVID-19
Guidance for Homeless Services Providers and Partners As the COVID-19 pandemic surges through Ohio and the nation, new and historic dimensions of inequality are left exposed. African-Americans already fare relatively [...]
COHHIO Pandemic Fund Helps Homeless Shelters Save Lives
Nonprofit Delivers Emergency Assistance to Frontline Agencies The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio is issuing grants tto help local homeless shelters limit the spread of COVID-19 among their [...]
Statement on Gov. DeWine’s Efforts to Protect Homeless Ohioans from COVID-19
Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, issued the following statement in response to Gov. Mike DeWine’s efforts to assist local homeless programs that [...]
Immediate Action Needed to Help Communities Respond to COVID-19 and Homelessness
Housing advocates and public health experts described a “dual crisis” facing Ohio Wednesday as emergency shelters struggle to respond to a coronavirus outbreak among people experiencing homelessness. The Coalition on [...]
Advocates Call for Solutions to Ohio’s Affordable Housing Shortage
Housing advocates urged state and federal policymakers Tuesday to take more aggressive action to reduce the shortage of 256,875 rental units that are affordable and available to extremely low-income Ohioans. [...]
