Bridging The Gap

Did You Know?

Affordable housing facts you should know:

What do you mean by "affordable"?

  • A home or apartment that is affordable to those families earning 80% of Area Median Income ($51,500/year for a family of four) or below.
  • 50% of Area Median Income represents a family of four earning $32,188 a year.

Additionally:

  • Affordable housing demand far outstrips supply.
  • Even rental housing is unaffordable to many working households.
  • Rental units much more likely to experience deterioration.
  • 25,000 lowest income renters pay over half of their income for housing.
  • 11,000 low income homeowners pay over half of their income for housing.
  • Home foreclosures have tripled in Columbus and Franklin County over the past seven years.

Contact Us

For more information on The Housing Trust or any of its programs, please call or email:

The Affordable Housing Trust
185 S. Fifth Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 228-6488
info@thehousingtrust.org

We'd like to hear from you!

Housing Trust Board of Directors

Donald Shackelford
Board Chairman, Chairman Fifth-Third Bank of Columbus

Victor Davis
Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church

William Faith
Executive Director, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Cynthia Flaherty
Director of Special Projects, Ohio Housing Finance Agency

Harold Keller
President, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing

Chip Santer
President, Santer Communities

Frank Watson
President, Central Ohio Minority Business Association

Robert Weiler
Chairman, The Robert Weiler Company

Sharon Young
Agent, Dooley & Company Realtors

Housing Trust Staff

Steven D. Gladman, CAE 
steven@thehousingtrust.org
Kenneth Eppstein
ken@thehousingtrust.org
Susan Jones
susan@thehousingtrust.org 
Diane Pohlman
diane@thehousingtrust.org
Victoria Troy
vikki@thehousingtrust.org

City County Holding Co.
Clarence Simmons
clarence@thehousingtrust.org

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185 S. Fifth Street | Columbus, OH 43215