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 [...]
Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccines in Homeless Assistance Projects
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 [...]
Winter, Covid, Homelessness Survey
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 [...]
COHHIO Applauds Selection of Marcia Fudge for HUD Secretary
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 [...]
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 [...]
At-Risk Tenants Urged to Apply for Eviction Moratorium
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPT. 22, 2020 CONTACT: Marcus Roth, marcusroth@cohhio.org At-Risk Tenants Urged to Apply for Eviction Moratorium Housing advocates on Tuesday advised tenants facing eviction to act immediately to [...]
CDC Eviction Moratorium
Help for Tenants Facing Eviction If you are facing eviction because you cannot pay the rent, you must take action in order to get protection under the CDC's eviction moratorium! [...]
