OHFA Foreclosure Recovery Focus Groups, July 2007

Ohio Housing Finance Agency

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) asked Community Research Partners (CRP) to conduct two focus groups on strategies and resources for individuals and communities to recover from Ohio’s foreclosure crisis. The focus groups, hosted by the Housing Options Committee of the Governor’s Foreclosure Prevention Task Force, included 33 representatives of diverse public, private and non-profit sector organizations from across the state.

This report provides the workgroups' responses to the following topics: 1)defining recovery from foreclosure; 2)identifying what individuals and communities need to recover from foreclosure; and 3)determining key actions for the state to address these needs.