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 [...]
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 [...]
June 7, 2024 Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio Receives $2 Million HUD Award to Improve Youth Homelessness Response The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio was one [...]
COHHIO Executive Director Amy Riegel recently testified on legislation in the Ohio Senate to allow for sealing of eviction records, expand access to legal counsel for people facing eviction, and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2024 CONTACT: Marcus Roth, marcusroth@cohhio.org Report: Ohio's Affordable Housing Gap Shrinks Slightly Steep rent inflation exacerbated Ohio’s affordable housing crisis in recent years, but a [...]
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 [...]
Dec. 5, 2023 COHHIO Advocacy Director Gina Wilt urged members of the Senate Financial Institutions & Technology Committee to amend legislation on recording fees to maintain the historic 50%-50% revenue [...]
