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