Stories of Home – Infographics
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.
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Opening Doors to Freedom
Before the Civil War, local support for ending slavery and Ohio's unique location made it the heart of the Underground Railroad. In honor of Juneteenth, we've mapped all 14 of Ohio's Underground Railroad house museums that you can explore.
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DataByte: Trick-or-Treating in Ohio by the Numbers
This Halloween season, many Ohioans will be preparing for costumed children arriving at their doors in search of candy. Based on our analysis of Ohio census data and assumptions from a national survey on what ages people stop trick-or-treating, we estimate that 1,344,064 Ohioans between the ages of 3 and 18 will be partaking in the holiday tradition this year.
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DataByte: Housing Insecurity Among Hispanic Ohioans Varies by Region of Origin
National origin is one of the protected characteristics under Title VIII of the Fair Housing Act and includes people of Hispanic or Latinx ethnicity. According to the 2022 American Community Survey, over 500,000 Ohioans identify as Hispanic.
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DATABYTE: Mortgage Loan Denial Rate in Ohio Varies by Loan Purpose and Race
For Ohioans applying for a mortgage loan, we found that the likelihood of being denied by a lender can vary considerably depending on factors such as the purpose of the loan or the race of the applicant.
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DATABYTE: A Spooktacular Tour of Ohio's Ghostliest Places to Call Home
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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DATABYTE: Closing Ohio's Affordability Gap for Extremely Low-Income Renters
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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The views and opinions portrayed in Stories of Home do not necessarily reflect the policies or position of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency.
