Black History Month: Dorothy Mae Richardson
"I could see houses starting to lean, windows rotting away. The solution was not to tear down the whole neighborhood and move everybody into public housing. The solution was to [...]
Emergency Rental Assistance
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 [...]
Bill’s Year End Message
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 [...]
Ohio Homelessness Increasing Even Before Covid-19
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 [...]
Home Relief Grant Program Webinar
The DeWine Administration this week announced the Home Relief Grant program. Funded with $50 million from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund, the program may offer assistance to Ohioans who are [...]
Evicted or in between places? You still have the right to VOTE
Now might not seem like the time to worry about the next election if you’re about to lose your home. But whether or not you care about politics, politics directly [...]
Breaking Ground – Summer 2020
Summer 2020 We’re six months into this pandemic – the strangest, most nerve racking period of my life as a homeless advocate – and I’m filled with two conflicting emotions: [...]
Your Vote Matters!
People who are homeless or facing eviction have more immediate concerns than the upcoming election. Unfortunately, low voter turnout among low-income and marginalized populations only perpetuates continued neglect by elected [...]
Thanks for Supporting CPEF!
Thank you to everyone who donated to the COHHIO Pandemic Emergency Fund! Together we raised over $1.9 million to support homeless shelters fighting to contain the spread of the coronavirus [...]
The Big Give
The Columbus Foundation’s Big Give results are in! COHHIO was one of 1,107 nonprofit organizations in Ohio that received donations during the 25-hour campaign. In all, people from 12 countries, [...]
