Ohio Wants Your Opinion
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the state to prepare an annual Ohio Consolidated Plan to govern administration of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home [...]
Bill’s Summer Report
Four years ago we managed to beat back a serious effort to gut the Ohio Housing Trust Fund in the state budget. This summer we are celebrating a modest, but [...]
Kroger Is Hiring at Your Agency
Kroger recently launched a new recruitment effort, reaching out to agencies that serve people experiencing homelessness, those with disabilities and other employment challenges. Job applicants who don’t have access to [...]
Housing Information Line Investigates Nonexistent Voucher Rule
Diana faced an impossible choice. Her property manager told her that a new rule meant she must either move to continue using her Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), or forfeit her [...]
In Other Developments – August 2019
Several housing developments designed for low-income Ohioans and people experiencing homelessness are underway in Ohio. Here are a few innovative new projects that got underway in the past few months: [...]
August Training Bulletin
COHHIO staff attended and presented at the National Alliance to End Homelessness’s 2019 in Washington D.C. last month, and we're excited to bring some great information back to Ohio and [...]
Legislature Boosts the Ohio Housing Trust Fund!
Advocates thanked leaders of the Ohio legislature for increasing support for local homeless and affordable housing programs in the state budget. “We appreciate leaders in the Senate and House for [...]
HUD Makes $150 Million Available for Mainstream Vouchers
This is an extremely important opportunity to increase affordable housing resources in your community in a way that can directly benefit families who are or have experienced homelessness. If you [...]
Racial Equity & Homelessness Convenings
Why are nearly half the people in Ohio's homeless system black when African-Americans make up only 12 percent of the state's population? COHHIO recently organized a series of meetings to [...]
Homelessness & Housing Services Resource Guide
For the first time in Ohio, people struggling with homelessness - and those trying to assist them - can now quickly and easily look up the right number to call [...]
