The Ohio Housing Finance Agency’s Save The Dream program started during the COVID-19 pandemic, and gave eligible homeowners help with mortgage payments, utility bills, and property taxes. Save The DreamIn 2022, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency launched Save The Dream with $280 million in federal funds. According to Ohio Housing Finance Agency reporting, that program wound up spending $260 million of its total appropriation and helped almost 35,000 households. It handed out another $27 million to help cover property taxes and about $15 million in utility assistance. City leaders in Columbus, for instance, are rolling out a rental assistance program to soften the impact as a federal rent program expires.