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Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
Columbus Scholar House – Columbus, Ohio

In 2016, construction was complete on the $7.5 million phase II of Columbus Scholar House, a 38-unit unique affordable housing community for low-income student-parents designed to improve lives, families, and communities through education. The project is a co-development of Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority and CPO Management/OCCH, which launched as a pilot in 2012, thanks to a partnership with the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT).

Columbus Scholar House residents are first-generation college students who face barriers in completing their degree. The Columbus Scholar House community provides quality, affordable housing, comprehensive resident services, and childcare to support parents and their children concurrently, applying a two-generation approach to end the cycle of poverty.

Future Scholars Community Learning Center, located on the Scholar House campus, opened its doors in September 2016 and operates through a partnership with the YMCA of Central Ohio. The Center serves Columbus Scholar House families, as well as other families living in CPO-managed communities. The Center has capacity to serve 96 children ages 0-5 years, along with 15 slots for after-school care.

Development partners in the Scholar House include Columbus Metropolitan Housing Partnership, Community Properties of Ohio Development, and Community Properties of Ohio Management Services, LLC. Financing for Scholar House was provided by the Affordable Housing Trust of Columbus and Franklin County, City of Columbus HOME Funds and General Obligation Bonds, Ohio Capital Finance Corporation, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, Ohio Housing Finance Agency, and Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing.