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 [...]
Senate Select Committee on Housing
Sept. 13, 2023 COHHIO’s Executive Director Amy Riegel encouraged the Senate Select Committee on Housing to build on successful initiatives that help struggling Ohioans stay housed, like the Ohio Housing [...]
State Report Shows More Ohioans Struggling to Stay Housed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2023 Housing advocates highlighted new state data released this week that shows how housing insecurity has escalated in Ohio since the pandemic. The Ohio Housing [...]
Final Budget a Win for Affordable Housing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2023 Final Budget a Win for Affordable Housing COHHIO Decries Cut to Housing Program for At-Risk Pregnant Women Advocates lamented cuts to a program that [...]
Gap Between Rents and Wages Grows Wider
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2023 Ohio Senate Budget Puts Housing Further Out of Reach Full-time workers need to earn at least $19.09 an hour to afford a modest 2-bedroom [...]
Senate Guts Effort to Reduce Infant Mortality, Medicaid Spending
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 7, 2023 CONTACT: Marcus Roth, marcusroth@cohhio.org Amy Riegel, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, issued the following statement in response to [...]
Legislation to Expand Healthy Beginnings at Home
May 2, 2023 COHHIO Executive Director Amy Riegel testified in support of legislation this week to strengthen supports for at risk mothers (HB 7), which includes a $16 million appropriation [...]
The Gap Report 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2023 Report Shows Ohio’s Affordable Housing Shortage Getting Worse Housing advocates released data Thursday showing that Ohio’s affordable housing shortage grew significantly more acute over [...]
