28TH OHIO SENATEDISTRICTSen. Vernon Sykes

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) is an independent state agency dedicated to ensuring all Ohioans have asafe and affordable place to call home. OHFA uses federal and state resources to provide housing for low- tomoderate-income households through the financing of fixed-rate mortgages, as well as funding the development andpreservation of affordable rental housing. At the state level, OHFA relies on two crucial sources of funding: anallocation from the Ohio Housing Trust Fund to supply gap financing for rental housing projects and the capacity toissue Housing Development Loans using Unclaimed Funds from the Ohio Department of Commerce. Theseresources and programs produce stronger, healthier Ohio communities and stimulate economic activity bysupporting more than 5,700 jobs and contributing over $870 million a year to the state’s economy.

OHFA’S IMPACT IN THE 28TH DISTRICT

ABOUT OHFA

OHFA HOMEBUYERS IN THE 28TH DISTRICT

MedianAge

31

MedianIncome

$48,957

AverageHome Loan

$108,942

AverageFICO® Score

711Race & Ethnicity

BreakdownMarital Status

BreakdownGender

Breakdown

WHITEBLACK

HISPANICOTHER

SINGLEMARRIED

MALEFEMALE

59.6 %33.5 %

5.9 %1.0 %

Family Senior PSH Temporary

653

8,892

1,116

Rental Units Developed by Priority Need

Total:5,447

Blighted and Vacant Homes Demolished

Homebuyers Assisted

Mortgage Holders Helped to Avoid Foreclosure

Affordable Rental Units Built or Preserved5,447

HOUSING NEEDS IN OHIO’S 28TH DISTRICT

1,207 K–12 students or27 per 1,000 enrolled at

public schools in the 28thlack a permanent addressor place to sleep at night.

Homeless Students58,513 housing units or

  36% of units in the 28thwere built before 1950,

making them more likely to contain lead paint.

Lead HazardThere is a 33-percentage-point gap between white and Black homeownership rates in the 28th—66%and 33% respectively.

Homeownership Gap

All Membersof Household

LOW-INCOME RENTERS IN THE 28TH DISTRICT

33,245

All Members of Household by Age

Heads of Household by Gender

Average Age

Number of Low-Income Renters

Select Local Jobs

Head ofHousehold

All HouseholdMembers

Households

36 49

18,091

60% AMI, Family of 2

Income & Rent Limits

$34,704 $868

UNDER 1818 TO 54

55 & OVERMALE

FEMALE

Max. Income Max. RentFactory Assembly Workers ($33K)

Preschool Teachers ($31K)Warehouse Movers ($31K)

(and their average salaries)

Sources: OHFA internal data (as of June 30, 2020); 2018 State and District Fact Sheets, A Call To Invest in Our Neighborhoods (ACTION) Campaign; IPUMS USA, University of Minnesota; Income Limits, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Supreme Court of Ohio Case Management System; American Community Survey One- and Five-Year Estimates; Ohio Department of Education (public data request, based on 2019–2020 school year data); Real Estate Analytics Suite, CoreLogic; Occupational Employment Statistics Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Notes: PSH = Permanent Supportive Housing. AMI = Area Median Income. An asterisk (*) indicates 0%. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. All estimates based on 2019 data unless stated otherwise. See our website for additional notes.

57 East Main StreetColumbus, OH 43215614.466.7970 | www.ohiohome.orgShawn Smith, Interim Executive DirectorGuy Ford, Director of Legislative Affairs