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

Kenneth Davis

Business Agent, Plumbers & Pipefitters Union, Local 189


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

Sister Barbara Hahl, CSC

Senior Vice President-System Mission, Mount Carmel Health System


Harold Keller
President, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing

Lark Mallory

Associate, Chester, Willcox & Saxbe, LLP

Chip Santer
President, Santer Communities

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

Cheryl Jirles

cheryl@thehousingtrust.org
Susan Jones
susan@thehousingtrust.org 
Victoria Troy
vikki@thehousingtrust.org
Erica Wicks
erica@thehousingtrust.org

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185 S. Fifth Street | Columbus, OH 43215