Fall Housing Tour Updates
The connection between health and housing was the focus of a recent roundtable discussion in Montgomery County with state and federal lawmakers, COHHIO, St. Mary Development Corp., CareSource and Dayton [...]
Bill’s Summer Report
Four years ago we managed to beat back a serious effort to gut the Ohio Housing Trust Fund in the state budget. This summer we are celebrating a modest, but [...]
Housing Trust Fund Tour
When it comes to affordable housing, seeing is believing. We recently proved this again at two events in Medina County and Columbus, where state elected officials could see for themselves [...]
Report Details Growing Gap Between High Rents, Low Wages
Only three out of the 10 most common jobs in Ohio actually pay employees enough to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment, according to a report released Tuesday. Ohio’s Housing Wage [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Spring News Clips
Homelessness and the affordable housing shortage - and the potential for policymakers to actually do something about these problems - have appeared in the news a lot lately. Here's a [...]
OHTF Statehouse Build
Team COHHIO donned hardhats and spent May Day with Habitat for Humanity building a home on the Statehouse lawn - a great place to spotlight the need to do more [...]
