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Senate committee hears bill to let counties create local housing trust funds from conveyance fees
Summary
Sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 208 proposed a permissive framework allowing Ohio counties to establish local housing trust funds funded by portions of conveyance fees; senators said the change would direct more dollars to local low-income, disability, transition housing and first‑time buyer programs while preserving local control.
The Senate Local Government Committee heard sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 208, which would allow counties across Ohio to create permissive local housing trust funds financed by county conveyance fees.
Senator Brenner, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the bill is “a reintroduction of senate bill 300 from the last general assembly” and would “establish a permissive . . . local county housing trust funds across the state of Ohio.” He said the trusts…
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