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State Data Overview
Across Ohio, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Ohio
Key Facts
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422,098 OR 27%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-265,505
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$30,150
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$49,537
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 70 hours per week or 1.7 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 87 hours per week or 2.2 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Union County HMFA $27.56 Columbus HMFA $27.50 Cincinnati HMFA $26.02 Cleveland HMFA $24.60 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek MSA $24.48 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $19.28 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $17.74 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $17.03 Retail Salespersons $15.22 Fast Food and Counter Workers $14.05 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Zenayah Roaché
State PartnersCoalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio
175 South Third Street, Suite 580
Columbus, OH 43215-3138
Gina Wilt, Advocacy Director
[email protected]Amy Riegel, Executive Director
Douglas Argue, Managing Director
Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved. Email Courtney Cooperman with any questions.
Current Year HTF Allocation$23,337,503
HTF State Resources2019
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2019 HDGF Guidelines (PDF)
2018
Final HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Housing Development Assistance Programs: Consolidated Guidelines (PDF)
2017
Final HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Announcement of public hearing and comment period re HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2016
HUD-approved 2016 Allocation Plan (PDF)
Consolidated HDAP Guidelines (PDF)
July 19 Final Version pending HUD Approval (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan by Ohio Housing Finance Authority dated July 11, 2016 (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan by Ohio Housing Finance Authority dated June 20, 2016 (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan by Ohio Housing Finance Authority dated June 2, 2016 (PDF)
HTF February 25 public meeting slides by Ohio Housing Finance Authority (PDF)
HTF February 25 public meeting minutes by Ohio Housing Finance Authority (PDF)
HTF Advisory Group March 24 slides by Ohio Housing Finance Authority (PDF)
HTF Advisory Group April 26 slides by Ohio Housing Finance Authority (PDF)
HTF Advisory Group May 19 slides by Ohio Housing Finance Authority (PDF)
Ohio-specific model HTF Allocation Plan by NLIHC dated April 2016 (PDF)
Recording of NLIHC’s Ohio-specific Allocation Plan advocacy webinar (WMV)
Allocation Plan advocacy Ohio-specific webinar slides by NLIHC (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Ohio Housing Finance AgencyOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationRachel Nelson
[email protected]
Devin Keithley
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
National Housing Trust Fund
Housing Development Assistance Programs (HADP)
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Ohio (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Ohio (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Ohio and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Ohio and Nationwide
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