Stories of Home

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency is proud to present Stories of Home – a blog that features current happenings in the housing industry and also highlights those that have been positively impacted by our Agency's work.

Making an Impact in All 88 Counties
Posted on April 19, 2023
OHFA has an ambitious goal in 2023 – to train lending, real estate, and counseling partners in each of Ohio's 88 counties on how the Agency's programs can help Ohioans achieve their dreams of homeownership.
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Women and Homeownership
Posted on March 23, 2023
Women are second only to married couples in the home buying market since the National Association of Realtors started collecting related data in 1981. Single women own approximately 2.64 million more homes than single men across all 50 states.
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OHFA Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
Posted on February 21, 2023
Since its inception, OHFA has assisted 153,324 Ohioans achieve the dream of homeownership through loans, down payment assistance, and Mortgage Tax Credits and provided more than $11 billion in affordable mortgage loans. Learn more interesting facts from our 40 year history.
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Save the Dream Ohio Program Update
Posted on January 31, 2023
In April 2022, OHFA launched the Save the Dream Ohio program to help Ohio homeowners who have been financially impacted by a loss of income or increase in expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. And, as of September 2022, the last quarterly report to the US Treasury, the program has helped more than 12,000 households, which results in more than $66 million in funding.
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New Housing Tax Credit Resident Profile Helps Determine Housing Needs in Ohio
Posted on October 26, 2022
The new Housing Tax Credit Resident Profile looks at the demographics of the more than 173,000 residents living in affordable rental units in 2021 that were funded using the federal Housing Tax Credit program. This information will help OHFA and its partners determine where needs are being met and where gaps remain.
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DATABYTE: A Spooktacular Tour of Ohio's Ghostliest Places to Call Home
Posted on October 26, 2022
This Halloween season we're taking a look at selected spots in Ohio where the spirits of the dead call home. This post highlights Ohio's most fascinating and spookiest ghost towns. Once vibrant communities, these ghost towns were partially or entirely abandoned, often as a result of economic decline or–in many cases–a tragic event!
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OHFA Uses Data to Understand Save the Dream Ohio's Impact
Posted on August 30, 2022
The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ohio homeowners have been felt statewide. OHFA's Save the Dream Ohio program provides funding to homeowners who have been financially impacted by the pandemic, with the primary goal of preventing mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures, and other negative housing outcomes.
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Move to PROSPER: Creating Housing Opportunities for Franklin County Families
Posted on June 6, 2022
This three-year pilot was designed to help single mothers with children under the age of 13 in Franklin County improve their quality of life by providing safe, healthy, and affordable rental housing in high resourced neighborhoods.
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DATABYTE: Closing Ohio's Affordability Gap for Extremely Low-Income Renters
Posted on May 25, 2022
A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition highlights a supply shortage of housing units that are affordable and available to renters at the lowest income levels. In Ohio, there were only 189,172 rental units in 2020 that were both affordable and available to the state's 443,717 extremely low-income (ELI) renter households.
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What is Fair Housing?
Posted on April 13, 2022
April is Fair Housing Month and marks the 54th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. Discrimination can take on many forms and is not always obvious. Knowing your rights and where to go should you experience discrimination as a renter or homebuyer is important.
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