Press Releases

Immediate Action Needed to Help Communities Respond to COVID-19 and Homelessness – Mar. 25, 2020

COHHIO Statement on Justice O’Connor’s Call for Eviction Moratoriums – Mar. 19, 2020

Advocates Call for Solutions to Ohio’s Affordable Housing Shortage – Mar. 10, 2020

New Bank Rules Threaten Investment in Ohio’s Struggling Communities – Feb. 27, 2020

Ohio Housing Advocates Applaud Portman’s Eviction Crisis Act – Dec. 12, 2019

Coalition Applauds Increased Funding for Homeless and Housing Programs – July 17, 2019

Report Details Gap Between High Rents, Low Wages – June 18, 2019

Report Shows Gap in Affordable Housing for Low Income Ohioans – Mar. 14, 2019

New Reports Show Increasing Homelessness in Ohio – Dec. 18, 2018

Housing Advocates Blast Plan to Speed Up Evictions in Ohio – Nov. 28, 2018

State Report Finds Too Many Ohioans Can’t Afford Rent, Face Eviction – June 26, 2018

Report: Ohio Jobs Don’t Pay Enough to Afford the Rent – June 13, 2018

Over 250 Organizations Speak Out on National Housing Week of Action – May 1, 2018

Report Shows Gap in Affordable Housing for Low Income Ohioans – Mar. 13, 2018

President Trump’s HUD Budget Would Increase Housing Insecurity – Feb. 13, 2018

COHHIO Launches Virtual Companion For Runaway and Homeless Youth – Jan. 17, 2018

Affordable Housing Out Of Reach for Low-Income Families in Ohio – June 8, 2017

Report Finds Medicaid Expansion Key to Reduced Homelessness – May 17, 2017

Groups Tout Economic Benefit of Ohio Housing Trust Fund Expansion – Mar. 7, 2017

COHHIO Secures $2.2 Million To End Youth Homelessness in Southeastern Ohio – Jan. 18, 2017

Press Archives

Gov. Mike DeWine asks judges to consider releasing some Ohio inmates due to coronavirus threat – Cleveland.com, Apr. 3, 2020

Up to 3 million renters in Ohio could be facing eviction – WKCY, Apr. 2, 2020

Ohio homeless shelters aren’t built for social distancing – Mahoning Matters, Apr. 1, 2020

Ohio renters, landlords nervous as rents come due amid coronavirus fallout – Columbus Dispatch, Apr. 1, 2020

Columbus to house homeless coronavirus patients in North Side hotel – Columbus Dispatch, Apr. 1, 2020

Empty Ohio hotels offer up space to hospitals, homeless shelters, health care workers during coronavirus pandemic – Cleveland.com, Mar. 30, 2020

How Cleveland-area housing courts are handling evictions during the coronavirus pandemic – Cleveland.com, Mar. 28, 2020

Shelter faces challenges – The Hillsboro Times-Gazette, Mar. 27, 2020

Report Warns Of Pandemic’s Threat To Homeless – Gongwer News Service, Mar. 26, 2020

Advocates for the homeless say more money needed to cope with coronavirus – Columbus Dispatch, Mar. 25, 2020

Students say staying busy helps social distancing stress – The Lantern, Mar. 25, 2020

Report: Addressing the needs of Ohio’s homeless during COVID-19 crisis will cost nearly $42M – WCPO Cincinnati, Mar. 25, 2020

Homeless shelters balance small spaces and budgets with virus prep – The Elyria Chronicle, Mar. 18, 2020

Homeless population concerns – Fox 45 Dayton, Mar. 17, 2020

Advocates urge action on affordable housing in central Ohio – Columbus Dispatch, Mar. 12, 2020

Report: Ohio needs more affordable housing – Medina Gazette, Mar. 11, 2020

Civil rights and housing advocates warn proposed change to federal law could spell return of redlining – Cleveland.com, Mar. 2, 2020

Federal Lending Proposal Draws Concerns From Ohio Groups – Gongwer News Service, Feb. 27, 2020

Wilmington-area Group Seeks Path to Lessen Homelessness – Wilmington News Journal, Feb. 6, 2020

State Data Shows 25,600 Homeless Students in Ohio – Ohio Capitol Journal, Jan. 13, 2020

Green Bay Packers Fans in Central Ohio Score Big with their Generosity to Charity – Columbus Dispatch, Jan. 13, 2020

Preventing Eviction Could Play Big Role In Curbing Homelessness – Statehouse News Bureau, Dec. 18, 2019

Portman Offers Eviction Relief Bill – The Columbus Dispatch, Dec. 14, 2019

Dayton Among Cities with Highest Eviction Rates: Portman, Others Want to Know Cause – Dayton Daily News, Dec. 13, 2019

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman Sponsors Bill to Fight Evictions – Cleveland.com, Dec. 12, 2019

Column: Soaring Rent, Tuition Are Putting People on the Street – The Columbus Dispatch, Oct. 14, 2019

Nearly 26 Percent Spend Half of Income on Rent – Highland County Times-Gazette, Sept. 16, 2019

Hillsboro Schools Have State’s Top Homelessness Rate – Highland County Times-Gazette, Aug. 8, 2019

Roundtable Tackles Homelessness – Medina Gazette, Aug. 2, 2019

State Expands Funding to Combat Homelessness and Housing – Youngstown Vindicator, July 26, 2019

Ohio Housing Trust Fund Gets First Budget Increase in 16 Years – Columbus Dispatch, July 18, 2019

Not Making Enough to Pay Rent? Ohio’s Most Common Occupations Usually Don’t, Report Shows – Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com, June 18, 2019

Low Wage Workers Struggle to Make Ends Meet – Columbus Dispatch, June 14, 2019

Editorial: Modest Increase in Recorder Fees Would Help Tackle Ohio’s Alarmingly High Child Homelessness – Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com, May 29, 2019

Editorial: If Children Are the Priority, Then Bolster the Ohio Housing Trust Fund – Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, May 19, 2019

Many Ohioans Struggle to Pay Rent & Have a Safe Place to Call Home – Fox 45, Dayton, May 15, 2019

This Affordable Housing Project Helps Keep Parents in College, and It’s Growing – Columbus Business First, May 15, 2019

Editorial: To Save More Babies, We Have to Work on Housing – Columbus Dispatch, Mar. 27, 2019

Columbus Council Approves Funding For Fighting Homelessness – WCBE 90.5 FM, Mar. 19, 2019

Report: Many Poor Ohioans Lack Safe, Affordable Place to Call Home – Cleveland Scene, Mar. 19, 2019

More local government funding and targeted housing aid to help homeless and lead-poisoned children should be among Gov. DeWine’s budget priorities: editorial – Cleveland.com, Mar. 13, 2019

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