DeWine Signs Emergency Rental Assistance Bill
Following a unanimous vote in the legislature, Gov. Mike DeWine cleared the way for struggling Ohioans to get help paying the rent to avoid eviction and homelessness during the ongoing [...]
Legislature Unanimously Endorses Supportive Housing
A plan to ensure that supportive housing can continue helping Ohioans overcome homelessness and behavioral health issues recently got a unanimous thumbs up from the Ohio General Assembly and Gov. [...]
Webinar: Understanding Housing First 101
Housing First is a proven best practice for ensuring homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring. COHHIO is hosting this interactive 90-minute webinar will cover the basics of the Housing First model, [...]
Report Details Ohio’s Pre-Pandemic Affordable Housing Gap
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar. 18, 2021 Report Details Ohio’s Pre-Pandemic Affordable Housing Gap A report released Thursday illustrates a severe shortage of affordable housing in Ohio, a problem that has [...]
February 2021 BWC News from CareWorks Comp
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” ~Winston S. Churchill Ohio BWC Safety Congress Registration Now [...]
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 [...]
Pandemic Utilities Assistance for Low-Income Ohioans
Pandemic Utilities Relief Guidance for Low-income Households What bill payment help is available to low-income renters? Home Relief Grant Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Percentage of Income Payment Plan Plus [...]
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 [...]
Congress (Finally) Passes Rent Relief, HUD Appropriations
Good news! Congress has agreed to include a $25 billion emergency rental assistance program in the economic relief bill expected to pass today. Thank you to everyone who called and [...]
