Restoring Prosperity
The Greater Ohio Policy Center Blog
Greater Ohio Policy Center is one organization among many concerned about an impending housing crisis in the Ohio. As state groups continue to advocate for Congressionally-funded rent assistance program, tenants should maintain contact with their landlords regarding their ability to pay.
Without safety net provisions in places for the thousands of vulnerable Ohioans who did not have savings prior to the COVID crisis, and could be part of the 16%+ of working adults to lose their jobs over the last six weeks, it will be nearly impossible to come up with back rent (or forbearance mortgage payments), in addition to the rent due after the moratorium.
Like millions of other small businesses in the United States, GOPC has applied to the Payroll Protection Program (PPP).
