Ohio budget bill targets housing affordable housing funds

Ohio budget bill targets housing affordable housing funds

As the News reported last week, the Ohio Senate is currently holding committee hearings on House Bill 96, the state’s budget for fiscal year 2026 — as written, the bill slashes public funding in a number of arenas. Last week’s reporting focused on how the budget bill would affect the fiscal operation of local public schools if passed as written; this week, the News looks at how funding for affordable housing efforts — in particular, those of loc…