Membership Information
Dues payments to the Ohio Housing Council are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. However, dues payments may be deductible as ordinary and necessary business expense, subject to the exclusion for lobbying activity. Because a portion of your dues is used for lobbying by OHC, 19% of the total dues is not deductible for income tax purposes.
Membership Classifications
Full Members
- Developers, owners, managers, or builders of multifamily or single-family housing
- Underwriters
- Syndicators or investors
- Lenders
- Architects
- Law firms
- Accountants
- Insurers
- Consultants
- Brokers
- Market analysts
- Homeless advocates
- Other housing professionals
Platinum: $7,500
- Dinner with the Board President and Executive Director each year
- Prominent logo placement on website
- First choice of exclusive golf sponsorships
- Eligible to participate as a member of the Board of Trustees
- Receive OHC news and legislative updates
- Access to membership rosters
- Discount on Symposium registration
Gold: $5,000
- Eligible to participate as a member of the Board of Trustees
- Receive OHC news and legislative updates
- Access to membership rosters
- Discount on Symposium registration
Silver: $1,000
Only for:
- Women Business Enterprises and Minority Business Enterprises that have done no more than three LIHTC developments in the last ten years and no more than one in the previous year
WBE Eligibility
- A Women-owned Business Enterprise is defined as a business that is at least 51% owned and controlled by a woman who is an Ohio resident
MBE Eligibility
- A for-profit organization must be at least 51% owned and controlled for more than one year by one of the following ethnic groups: African American, Asian, Hispanic or Native American
- A nonprofit organization must have been led for more than one year by any Ohio resident who belongs to one of the following ethnic groups: African American, Asian, Hispanic or Native American
- Community Development Corporations
Eligibility
- Be organized as a nonprofit corporation and have a letter from the Internal Revenue Service confirming its status as an organization described in IRC 501(c)(3)
- Be geographically defined by its Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations
- Have a neighborhood base with active resident involvement
- Demonstrate actual projects undertaken in the construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing in its neighborhood base
- Discount on Symposium registration
Associates: $500
Affiliates: $2,000
Together We Make An Impact
State Housing Tax Credit
Successfully advocated for a state Low Income Housing Tax Credit
- $100 million each year through 2027
- Anticipated to create 4,000 new affordable housing units
Real Estate Valuation
Executive Director-led Model
WHY JOIN OHC?
Make a Difference in Ohio's Affordable Housing Industry
Since 1999, we have made an impact in Ohio’s affordable housing industry, but there is much more to be done. Our success is rooted in bringing together our members to advocate on behalf of effective affordable housing policy and legislation at the state and federal level. By joining, you help us strengthen our influence to improving the environment for building and preserving affordable housing for Ohioans.
Industry
- OHC Conferences/Events bring knowledge of the most experienced and talented professionals.
Information
- OHC Newsletters, email communications, and this website keeps you on top of what may affect the affordable housing industry.
Invaluable Access
- Members benefit from one of Ohio’s premier lobbying firms, Hick’s Partners.
Opportunites
- Connect and network with like-minded professionals in the industry of affordable housing development.