evictions

The limited program offers legal assistance to renters and establishes new regulations for negligent landlords.

We examine the concerns of tenants and landlords when it comes to the eviction process.

For more than 15 years, a coordinated community effort has been working to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati. Now some of the partners involved in that work are hoping data science could be the key to success.

The pilot program will help residents with Cincinnati Metropolitan Public Housing Authority get help to pay back rent and receive financial planning assistance for up to a year to help keep them from falling behind in the future.

A Hamilton County judge says Cincinnati’s pay-to-stay ordinance should be enforced, but that doesn’t necessarily mean magistrates will start enforcing it after refusing for seven months.

Tens of thousands of inactive eviction records are no longer on the Hamilton County website after a recent policy change. Moving forward, cases will be automatically removed on a rolling basis once they've been inactive for three years. Clerk of Courts Pavan Parikh says the goal is to eliminate a barrier for tenants looking for housing.

The measure is supposed to protect renters from a late payment eviction if they can pay all past due rent and fees. But the magistrates say they won't enforce it because they think it conflicts with state law.

Cincinnati City Council unanimously passed a "pay to stay" ordinance Wednesday aimed at preventing evictions in the city. The new law requires landlords to stop an eviction if the tenant can pay all past due rent.

The city will use federal funding to help residents facing eviction find legal services and financial assistance. The Access to Justice pilot program will launch this fall with nearly $800,000.

In an ordinary year, the Community Action Agency in Cincinnati would help a few hundred families who need assistance with rent or utility payments. But since the pandemic started, the organization has spent $12 million helping over 5,000 families -- they've still got more than $45 million left.