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If you are struggling to pay your rent, mortgage, or utilities bills, call 211 or use the search on this page to find options and contact information. You can also learn about affordable housing, assistance buying a home, weatherization, and your rights as a tenant or homeowner.
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A variety of assistance programs for homeowners and renters, utilities, and food and financial stability.
LSS 211 is free, confidential and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is the critical first link to reduce poverty and ensuring opportunity for every Central Ohioan. With just one call, text, web chat or online search, 211 provides immediate access to more than 3,000 local programs.
If you need help with this application, please call or text 211. If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application due to a disability, please call or text 211. To process your application the HFF - The Stable Housing Initiative program needs to collect documents to show you are eligible and your expenses can be covered.
If you or someone you know needs emergency rental assistance: Call 2-1-1 or visit www.211.org. 2-1-1 will connect you to a local call center that can share information about local programs that might be able to help. Find your local rental assistance program using NLIHC’s database.
Call 211 for help in most Ohio counties. You can receive free and private information about the programs, benefits, and services listed below: Help with Housing. Help with Jobs. Help with Programs for Children, Young Adults, and Families. Help with Physical and Mental Health Resources.
Housing and Rental Assistance. The housing programs help to conserve and expand the affordable housing stock; address the issue of homelessness in Ohio; and provide short-term, emergency assistance and other public services for low-income Ohioans.