Bill’s Thanksgiving Message
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am giving thanks that the 2018 election is now finally over. Our Ohio Votes program worked overtime this fall registering voters in low-income communities [...]
Bill’s August Update
Labor Day is approaching, which means campaign season is just around the corner. That thought might give you a sense of nausea, but the fact is the upcoming campaign season [...]
Report: Ohio Jobs Don’t Pay Enough to Afford the Rent
Only two of the top 10 occupations in Ohio actually pay their employees enough to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment, according to a report released Wednesday. Ohio’s housing wage increased [...]
State Report Finds Too Many Ohioans Can’t Afford Rent, Face Eviction
One-quarter of all Ohio’s renters – nearly 400,000 households – now spend over half their income on rent, according to a report the state released Tuesday. The median Ohio renter [...]
Bill’s May Update
Nearly 60,000 Ohioans experienced homelessness in 2016. Almost one-third of them were children. Nearly 10,000 were victims of domestic abuse. The data source is understood to be an undercount and [...]
Report Shows Gap in Affordable Housing in Ohio
Ohio has a severe shortage of homes that are affordable to poor Ohioans, according to a report issued Tuesday, but the ongoing housing affordability crisis has barely registered among the [...]
State Grants Help Seniors Stay In Their Own Homes
The Ohio Development Services Agency recently awarded $5.5 million in grants to 22 local organizations to help low-income Ohioans make the repairs and accessibility upgrades necessary to remain in their [...]
ODSA Announces Homeless Grant Awards
The Ohio Development Services Agency recently awarded grants totaling nearly $26 million in state and federal funding to help 72 local agencies working to prevent homelessness, provide emergency shelter, and [...]
Report Recommends Housing Interventions To Reduce Infant Mortality
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio's recent report recommends lawmakers tackle housing insecurity, homelessness and other "social determinants" to help drive down the state's shamefully high rate of infant mortality, [...]
Housing Trust Fund Update: Final Budget
The final bill that emerged from the budget conference committee this week does not include the Home Matters to Ohio coalition's proposal to expand the Ohio Housing Trust Fund. While [...]
