Restoring Prosperity
The Greater Ohio Policy Center Blog
Greater Ohio Policy Center is one organization among many concerned about an impending housing crisis in the Ohio. As state groups continue to advocate for Congressionally-funded rent assistance program, tenants should maintain contact with their landlords regarding their ability to pay.
Without safety net provisions in places for the thousands of vulnerable Ohioans who did not have savings prior to the COVID crisis, and could be part of the 16%+ of working adults to lose their jobs over the last six weeks, it will be nearly impossible to come up with back rent (or forbearance mortgage payments), in addition to the rent due after the moratorium.
Like millions of other small businesses in the United States, GOPC has applied to the Payroll Protection Program (PPP).
The REHAB Act is a proposed new federal rehabilitation tax credit designed to incentivize greater private investment and bring equitable revitalization to whole neighborhoods. The credit is aimed at spurring the rehab of non-historic buildings that are at least 50 years old and near an existing or proposed transit facility.
For months now, communities around the state have been gearing-up as the 2020 United States Census gets underway. Conducted every 10 years and required by both the U.S. Constitution and federal law, the Census has long-range implications, for everything from the number of Representatives Ohio will have in the United States Congress, to helping determine how billions of dollars in federal funding flow into states and communities each year.
