What is Affordable Housing?
It's a question we hear all the time. There's a simple answer, and there's a more complicated answer. So COHHIO designed this 1-page infographic to break it all down. Download [...]
Report Highlights Growing Gap Between Rents and Wages
June 27, 2024 Report Highlights Growing Gap Between Rents and Wages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gFyMXgs67k Full-time workers need to earn at least $20.81/hour just to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment in [...]
Ohio Housing Trust Fund Update
Update June 25, 2024 The Ohio House Finance Committee advanced Senate Bill 94 today, despite a letter signed by over 200 organizations expressing concern that it could undermine the Ohio [...]
COHHIO Opposes Senate Bill 94
The Senate Financial Institutions & Technology Committee recently advanced legislation that could undermine revenue flowing into the Ohio Housing Trust Fund. COHHIO Executive Director Amy Riegel told committee members that [...]
Advocates Encouraged by Senate Housing Committee’s Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2024 Advocates urged lawmakers to prioritize certain items in the Ohio Senate Select Committee on Housing’s report issued Wednesday, but cautioned that some recommendations could [...]
Report: Ohio’s Affordable Housing Gap Shrinks Slightly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2024 CONTACT: Marcus Roth, marcusroth@cohhio.org Report: Ohio's Affordable Housing Gap Shrinks Slightly Steep rent inflation exacerbated Ohio’s affordable housing crisis in recent years, but a [...]
Ohio’s Unhoused Population Grows 7% Amid Rising Rents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 18, 2023 Ohio’s Unhoused Population Grows 7% Amid Rising Rents Buckeye State Homelessness Increases Slower than National Average The unprecedented spike in rents since the pandemic [...]
COHHIO Testifies on Ohio Housing Trust Fund
Dec. 5, 2023 COHHIO Advocacy Director Gina Wilt urged members of the Senate Financial Institutions & Technology Committee to amend legislation on recording fees to maintain the historic 50%-50% revenue [...]
State Report Shows More Ohioans Struggling to Stay Housed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2023 Housing advocates highlighted new state data released this week that shows how housing insecurity has escalated in Ohio since the pandemic. The Ohio Housing [...]
COHHIO Testifies on State Budget
Testimony Before the House Finance Subcommittee on Agriculture, Development & Natural Resources Amy Riegel, Executive Director March 16, 2023 House Bill 33 Chairman Jones, Ranking Member Troy and members of [...]
