Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA)

About Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA)

Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) is a real estate operator headquartered in Columbus, OH. Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) operates in Columbus, Ohio. Its investment focus is on Affordable Housing, LIHTC and Multifamily - Ground-up.

The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority is a public corporate entity and multifaceted housing developer founded in 1934 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Led by president and chief executive officer Charles Hillman, the organization marks 92 years of continuous operations, managing a large-scale real estate framework backed by an expansive operating budget. The firm's asset classes and scope focus on a vertically integrated public-private approach to affordable, workforce, and mixed-income housing development, operation, and financing. The authority has scaled its owned portfolio to nearly 7,000 mixed-income apartment homes across more than 47 distinct housing communities—expanding from fewer than 2,000 units a decade ago—alongside administering the regional Housing Choice Voucher program. It utilizes alternative capital markets, issuing over $500 million in general revenue bonds to fund real estate preservation and new construction, with an ongoing agenda targeting 500 to 600 new units annually. Geographically, the authority's primary real estate footprint is centered throughout Columbus and surrounding Franklin County, Ohio, while its broader voucher and housing services impact over 160,000 residents across Ohio and Washington, D.C., focusing on high-opportunity suburban neighborhoods and transit-accessible urban corridors.

Principals at Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA)