Report Highlights Gap Between Rising Rents, Tenants’ Actual Wages
UPDATED July 16, 2021 Amidst reports of rapidly rising housing costs, a report issued Wednesday shows Ohio tenants need to earn at least $16.64 an hour to afford a modest [...]
Domestic Violence-Homelessness Data Partnership
Over the past several years, COHHIO has been working with the Ohio Domestic Violence Network and local homeless services providers from around the state to resolve problems surrounding contradictory federal [...]
Juneteenth – Freedom Day
On behalf of COHHIO's Racal Equity Committee (REC) we want to wish you a Happy Juneteenth – also known as Freedom Day. June 19, 2021 marks 156 years since enslaved [...]
Summer Training Bulletin
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Housing Ohio 2021, our first-ever virtual conference. This year set another record for attendance! The conference platform remains operational and anyone who [...]
Budget Creates Barriers to Food, Healthcare
COHHIO is supporting efforts to fight new red tape barriers that will make it harder for struggling Ohioans to access food stamps (SNAP) and Medicaid benefits. Unfortunately, the Ohio Senate [...]
Bill’s Summer Update
The Ohio Senate recently added an amendment to the budget that would dramatically increase taxes on affordable housing properties, jeopardizing the homes of 100,000s of vulnerable, low-income Ohioans. Needless to [...]
HOME-ARP Program Creates New Housing Opportunities
The American Rescue Plan Act makes a significant investment in long-term solutions to our homelessness crisis by allocating $5 billion through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, with Ohio expecting $204 [...]
Emergency Housing Vouchers Coming to Ohio
A new housing voucher program is one of many investments in housing access included in the American Rescue Plan. Since the pandemic, and its economic impact, have made matters so [...]
2021 Macro Field Agency of the Year
The Ohio State University College of Social Work recognized COHHIO's efforts to foster the next generation of advocates and professionals dedicated to ending homelessness by presenting the agency with the [...]
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, [...]
