COHHIO Press Releases

  • 2013 Press Releases
  • May 2, 2013 - Foreclosure Numbers Still Stubbornly High
  • 2012 Press Releases
  • November 19, 2012 - Voting Advocates Urge Legislature to Delay Changing Election Law
  • March 13, 2012 - New Data Show Rental Housing in Ohio is Still out of Reach
  • January 18, 2012 - NAEH State of Homelessness 2012; Ohio Homeless Numbers Up. View Report
  • January 4, 2012 - Bill Faith Statement on Cordray Appointment Business support Letter, Van Buskirk Letter
  • 2011 Press Releases
    • December 7, 2011 - Bill Faith Statement on Cordray Senate Vote
    • November 16, 2011 - Images and Numbers tell Story of Increasing Homelessness in Ohio
    • June 22, 2011 PDF — Photo ID Provision Draws Outrage from Advocates
    • June 2, 2011 - Really? Take $Millions from Housing Program and give it to County Recorders?
    • May 2, 2011 PDF - Recession may be Over, But Ohio Renters Still Waiting for Recovery
    • March 10, 2011 DOC- Study: Trust Fund's 4-year Impact to Ohio Economy is $2.6B and 32,000 Jobs
    • February 24, 2011 DOC- Study: Severe housing cost burden increases in Ohio
    • February 15, 2011 PDF- New Foreclosure Study: Slight dip temporary, numbers still dangerously high
    • January 21, 2011  PDF- COHHIO Lauds HUD Awards of $66.2 million to 263 Homeless Programs in Ohio
  • 2010 Press Releases
    • December 15, 2010 PDF- Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the enforcement division of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
    • November 24, 2010 PDF-- Ohio Housing Trust Fund's 20+ Million Assists Ohio's Most Vulernable
    • October 14, 2010 PDF — Senior Obama Administration Official Holds Roundtable Discussion w ith COHHIO, Americans for Financial Reform, and Policy Matters Ohio
    • August 03, 2010 PDF — Ohio Preservation Compact Launches Statewide Housing Database, Website and Loan Fund To Preserve 14,000 Rental Housing Units in the State
    • June 28, 2010 PDF — Advocates Use Humor to Prod Lawmakers on Serious Issues
    • May 12, 2010 PDF — Payday Lending Loophole Fix Passes House 61-37
    • April 21, 2010 PDF — Rentals Increasing Out of Reach for Low Income Ohioans
    • April 16, 2010 PDF — COHHIO Conference Features National Policy Makers
    • March 29, 2010 PDF — Federal response to Ohio foreclosure crisis lauded; State legislature urged to step-up
    • March 05, 2010 PDF — Analysis Reinforces Need for Federal Foreclosure Relief in Ohio
    • February 19, 2010 PDF — Ohio: Foreclosure Numbers Up, Obama Help Down
    • February 17, 2010 PDF — Ohio Supreme Court Foreclosure Data: 2009 Another Record Setter
    • February 11, 2010 PDF — Stimulus Dollars Working in Ohio to Keep Homelessness at Bay, New Study Suggests
    • January 20, 2010 PDF — Housing Advocates Urge Senate to Include Counseling Funds in Foreclosure Legislation
  • 2009 Press Releases
    • November 19, 2009 PDF — Housing Crisis in Ohio Deepens: Legislative Action Needed
    • September 29, 2009 PDF — Payday Loans as Predatory as Ever
    • August 20, 2009 PDF — Nearly One in Two Mortgages in Ohio is Underwater or Close to it
    • June 02, 2009 PDF — Payday “Loophole Lending” Fix Introduced in Ohio House
    • May 20, 2009 PDF — Foreclosure Reform Bill Passes the House
    • May 06, 2009 PDF — Tenant Protection Bill Passes House with Bipartisan Support
    • April 14 , 2009 PDF — Rental Homes Remain “Out Of Reach” for More than 600,000 Ohio Renters
    • March 09 , 2009 PDF — New Report on Payday Lending: "Same Pig, New Lipstick"
    • March 04 , 2009 PDF — COHHIO Announces Hotline to Assist Low-Income Tenants Caught in Landlord Foreclosure
    • February 13, 2009 PDF — COHHIO Applauds Foreclosure Prevention Strategies
    • January 13, 2009 PDF — National Homeless Report Needs Context
  • 2008 Press Releases
    • December 5, 2008 PDF — 2008 Ohio Homelessness Report
    • September 12, 2008 PDF — Abusing Direct Democracy - Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
    • July 14, 2008 PDF — (Un) Truth in Lending
    • July 10, 2008 PDF —AG Again Rejects Petitions Seeking Total Payday Reform Repeal; Approves Summary for Partial Repeal but Calls Summary "Confusing''
    • July 3, 2008 PDF — Consumers Call on AG to Reject Latest Payday Petition Summaries
    • April 7, 2008 PDF — Ohio Rental Costs Remain "Out of Reach" for Low and Moderate Wage Earners
    • March 26, 2008 PDF — Payday Lending Storefronts Swell to 1,638; Ohio's Big-City Mayors Seek Industry Reform
    • February 13, 2008 PDF — Payday Lending in National Spotlight as Ohio House Committee Mulls Reform
    • January 22, 2008 PDF — First Proponent Hearing on Payday Lending Features Whistleblower who Uncovered Fraud
  • 2007 Press Releases
    • October 17, 2007 PDF — 317,990 Ohio Borrowers Trapped in Payday Lending Debt Cycle County Specific Reports and Press Releases
    • September 24, 2007 PDF — Youth to Deliver “Band-Aid” Petitions to Ohio Congressional Delegation on SCHIP
    • September 19, 2007 PDF — Trapped by Design: Report Confirms Payday Lenders Snare Borrowers in Cycle of Debt
    • September 11, 2007 PDF — Payday Lending Industry Insiders Tell All: Unsavory Details Emerge about the Debt Trap and Much More
    • August 13, 2007 PDF — Youth Unveil Band-Aid Campaign to Support SCHIP
    • July 19, 2007 PDF — Ohio Congressional Delegation Silent on National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007
    • March 29, 2007 PDF — Ohio Federal Budget Coalition Praises Budget Conference Resolution
    • March 29, 2007 PDF — New Report Offers Context to Ohio’s Alarming Foreclosure Numbers
    • February 19, 2007 PDF — Coalition Uses Presidents' Day to Reflect on Budget Priorities
    • February 8, 2007 PDF — Ohio Housing and Social Services Experts Oppose Bush Budget
    • January 23, 2007 PDF — Local Advocacy Groups Urge Passage of Federal Minimum Wage with NO STRINGS ATTACHED
    • January 15, 2007 PDF — Homeless Youth Leader Wins $25,000 National Leadership Grant
    • January 12, 2007 PDF — COHHIO and Homeless Youth Hammer Down on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
    • January 5, 2007 PDF — Consumer Protection Weakens as SB 117 Becomes Law
  • 2006 Press Releases
    • December 15, 2006 PDF — COHHIO Supports Veto of S.B. 117
    • December 12, 2006 PDF — Ohio Families Must Earn $12.31 p/h to Afford a 2-BR Apartment
    • December 11, 2006 PDF — Amendment Would Gut Consumer Protections
    • November 16, 2006 PDF — Housing Trust Fund Is Key Priority of National Low Income Housing Coalition
    • November 2, 2006 PDF — Senators Joy Padgett and Tom Roberts Recognized for Battling Predatory Lending
    • October 11, 2006 PDF — Advocates for Ohio's Poor Report on Education, Health Care, Energy and Housing Needs
    • September 28, 2006 PDF — Election Rights Advocates Ask Senate Leadership to Drop Voter ID Bill
    • August 29, 2006 PDF — Domestic Programs Need Attention as Poverty Increases In Ohio
    • August 3, 2006 PDF — Summary of Inaction by the Ohio Secretary of State on New Voter ID Requirements
      Bill Faith, Executive Director, COHHIO
    • August 3, 2006 PDF — Summary of Key Points for Press Briefing on Voter ID Requirements
      Bill Faith, Executive Director, COHHIO
    • June 8, 2006 PDF — Vague Rules for Sub HB 3 Further Disenfranchise Voters
    • April 3, 2006 PDF — General notes on predatory lending legislation currently in Ohio's House of Representatives
      Bill Faith, Executive Director, COHHIO

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