COHHIO In Your Community
COHHIO is coming to a town near you! As we work to strengthen our coalition and tackle housing insecurity and homelessness in our communities, it's essential for us to come [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Grants Pass v. Johnson
Updated July 18, 2024 (Download PDF version) The U.S. Supreme Court Opinion On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that people experiencing homelessness can be arrested and [...]
Report Highlights Growing Gap Between Rents and Wages
June 27, 2024 Report Highlights Growing Gap Between Rents and Wages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gFyMXgs67k Full-time workers need to earn at least $20.81/hour just to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment in [...]
Ohio Housing Trust Fund Update
Update June 25, 2024 The Ohio House Finance Committee advanced Senate Bill 94 today, despite a letter signed by over 200 organizations expressing concern that it could undermine the Ohio [...]
COHHIO Opposes Senate Bill 94
The Senate Financial Institutions & Technology Committee recently advanced legislation that could undermine revenue flowing into the Ohio Housing Trust Fund. COHHIO Executive Director Amy Riegel told committee members that [...]
Take Action: Homelessness is NOT a Crime
On April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Johnson v. Grants Pass, a case centered on whether cities can ticket and arrest unhoused people for simply sleeping outside with [...]
Advocates Encouraged by Senate Housing Committee’s Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2024 Advocates urged lawmakers to prioritize certain items in the Ohio Senate Select Committee on Housing’s report issued Wednesday, but cautioned that some recommendations could [...]
Ohio’s Unhoused Population Grows 7% Amid Rising Rents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 18, 2023 Ohio’s Unhoused Population Grows 7% Amid Rising Rents Buckeye State Homelessness Increases Slower than National Average The unprecedented spike in rents since the pandemic [...]
Housing Affordability by Job in Ohio
Many housing programs are based on Area Median Income (AMI). Just how much can a child care worker afford to pay on rent? What kind of house can a police [...]
What is Affordable Housing?
It's a question we hear all the time. There's a simple answer, and there's a more complicated answer. So COHHIO designed this 1-page infographic to break it all down. Download [...]
