Housing is a critical component for building a healthy and prosperous future for Ohioans, however the state faces a number of sustained challenges to providing affordable and accessible housing. As part of our annual planning process, OHFA develops the Ohio Housing Needs Assessment, which uses a wide range of data to identify the scale and scope of Ohio's housing challenges. Additionally, these findings are used to inform the Agency's strategic priorities and serve as a resource for OHFA's Board, staff, and the state at large.
Below is an archive of current and past assessments. Starting in fiscal year 2020, we took the Ohio Housing Needs Assessment online to create an easy-to-access and interactive platform. In fiscal year 2022, we analyzed data to provide more insight into housing challenges at a regional scale. Stay tuned for our next project, which will look at housing need in urban, suburban, and rural areas of Ohio.
Current Housing Needs Assessments
- Fiscal Year 2025 Housing Needs Assessments: New
- Appalachian Ohio (4.57 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Rural Ohio (23.32 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Suburban Ohio (9.58 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Urban Ohio (20.74 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Fiscal Year 2024 Housing Needs Assessment (Interactive)
- Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Housing Needs Assessment Executive Summary (1.35 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Fiscal Year 2022 Housing Needs Assessments:
- Central Ohio (8.21 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Northeast Ohio (7.95 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Northwest Ohio (6.02 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Southeast Ohio (5.33 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Southwest Ohio (9.10 MB Adobe PDF File)
Past Housing Needs Assessments
- Fiscal Year 2021 Housing Needs Assessment (Interactive)
- Fiscal Year 2020 Housing Needs Assessment – Executive Summary (5.44 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Fiscal Year 2020 Housing Needs Assessment (Interactive)
- Fiscal Year 2019 Housing Needs Assessment (20.21 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Fiscal Year 2018 Housing Needs Assessment (8.83 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Fiscal Year 2017 Housing Needs Assessment (34.48 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Fiscal Year 2016 Housing Needs Assessment (27.84 MB Adobe PDF File)
- Fiscal Year 2015 Housing Needs Assessment (8.67 MB Adobe PDF File)