Doorsteps Ohio Housing Finance Agency

In this episode of the Doorsteps podcast, Dr. Cody Price is joined by Michael Pires (pires.5@osu.edu) who serves as the Power of Home project manager. Power of Home is a collaborative partnership between John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University (OSU), OHFA and Framework Homeownership. The pilot program aims to support OHFA’s first-time homeowners by providing free education and financial tools through the Keep app. To learn more about the Power of Home program and the Keep app, visit keephome.com.




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In this episode of the Doorsteps podcast, Dr. Cody Price is joined by CelebrateOne’s Maureen Stapleton and Priyam Khan to discuss the Healthy Beginnings at Home program - a housing stabilization pilot program for pregnant women in Columbus, OH, which found that “women who received housing assistance experienced better birth outcomes than those that did not receive this assistance.” We also discuss COVID-19 impacts, racial disparities in pregnancy, and Healthy Beginnings at Home 2.0.

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Source of income (SOI) discrimination is a practice by which landlords, owners, and real estate brokers refuse to rent to prospective tenants seeking to pay for housing with housing assistance vouchers, subsidies, or other forms of public assistance.

In this episode of the Doorsteps podcast, OHFA's Kelan Craig and Dr. Cody Price are joined by Bexley's Mayor Ben Kessler and Council President Lori Ann Feibel to discuss how Bexley became the 6th community in Ohio and the first in central Ohio to pass a SOI protection ordinance and why this legislation matters. They discuss how SOI protections help support community efforts to build equity. 

In this episode of the Doorsteps podcast, Dr. Corianne Scally of the Urban Institute joins Dr. Cody Price to talk about rural housing issues across the US. Corianne dispels myths of rural America, discusses the importance of health equity in rural areas, and how COVID-19 has affected these regions.

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In the latest episode of the Doorsteps podcast, Michael Wilkos of United Way of Central Ohio joins Dr. Cody Price to talk about the growing challenge of high housing costs and developing neighborhoods, and one Columbus neighborhood where government intervention has seen positive results: Weinland Park. Michael shares some successes of public sector action, challenges of these types of programs and some actionable insights for other growing cities.

Housing is connected to many aspects of everyday life. For many, housing is a large portion of their monthly budget. Where you live impacts your access to healthcare, transportation, quality of education, and more. Yet, in Ohio, there is a shortage of housing across the state, racial inequality in rentership and homeownership, and an aging housing stock. Those are just a few key trends found in this year’s Housing Needs Assessment. In the latest episode of the Doorsteps podcast, Dr. Cody Price is joined by his colleague, Devin Keithley, OHFA’s Data Quality Assurance Coordinator. Devin shares housing trends and challenges, changes to the HNA and critical data, including the addition of a COVID-19 section.