Congress is currently working on legislation that includes nearly $40 billion in new funding to help people avoid eviction and foreclosure during the pandemic. The U.S. House’s $1.9 trillion Covid [...]
If you have been laid off or lost income since the beginning of the pandemic you might qualify for rent relief. Ohioans who need help can find the local agency [...]
Pandemic Utilities Relief Guidance for Low-income Households What bill payment help is available to low-income renters? Home Relief Grant Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Percentage of Income Payment Plan Plus [...]
December 2020 No one will forget 2020. It was a year full of so much misery and chaos, but it’s ending on a positive note now that Congress just approved [...]
Good news! Congress has agreed to include a $25 billion emergency rental assistance program in the economic relief bill expected to pass today. Thank you to everyone who called and [...]
Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution On December 14, 2020, the state of Ohio began administering the first COVID-19 vaccinations to health care workers. Ohio has indicated it will use a [...]
In early December COHHIO surveyed Ohio's continuums of care (CoCs) leads - regional homeless services systems - to determine how the spreading coronavirus pandemic and resulting recession is affecting homelessness [...]
Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, issued the following statement on the appointment of U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Cleveland) as Secretary of the [...]
In their recent report Confronting Homelessness, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency found that the number of Ohioans experiencing homelessness each year 30.8 percent from 2012 to 2018, while the state's [...]
Once again, a Black man has been murdered by law enforcement in Ohio. Casey Christopher Goodson, Jr., just 23-years-old, had his life cut short at the hands of those who [...]
