Legislature Boosts the Ohio Housing Trust Fund!
Advocates thanked leaders of the Ohio legislature for increasing support for local homeless and affordable housing programs in the state budget. “We appreciate leaders in the Senate and House for [...]
Sign On to Keep Families Together
“Proposed Rule Could Evict 55,000 Children From Subsidized Housing" That’s the headline from a recent NPR story about the Trump Administration’s latest efforts to demonize immigrant families and punish low-income [...]
HUD Makes $150 Million Available for Mainstream Vouchers
This is an extremely important opportunity to increase affordable housing resources in your community in a way that can directly benefit families who are or have experienced homelessness. If you [...]
Racial Equity & Homelessness Convenings
Why are nearly half the people in Ohio's homeless system black when African-Americans make up only 12 percent of the state's population? COHHIO recently organized a series of meetings to [...]
Homelessness & Housing Services Resource Guide
For the first time in Ohio, people struggling with homelessness - and those trying to assist them - can now quickly and easily look up the right number to call [...]
Findlay Hope House Tour
Former Mayor Lydia Mihalik, who now oversees housing and community development programs for the state, returned home Friday to see firsthand how the Findlay Hope House restores stability to families [...]
Breaking Ground – Spring 2019
May 2019 We’ve received a lot of calls recently from legislators and their staffers asking for guidance to respond to homeless constituents seeking assistance. We connect them to local homeless [...]
Bill’s Spring Update
We’ve received a lot of calls recently from legislators and their staffers asking for guidance to respond to homeless constituents seeking assistance. We connect them to local homeless services, but [...]
Opportunity Starts at Home – Week of Action!
A U.S. House committee recently passed a robust housing and homeless budget bill - a clear bipartisan rejection of President Trump’s adverse position on affordable housing investments and policy. Let’s [...]
Homelessness is Expensive
Homelessness is expensive. To some people it seems like a contradiction. To others it’s just obvious – living on the land takes a huge toll on the mind and body. [...]
