Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans living on less than $2 a day

Last week at a conference held by the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, one of the most sobering statistics emerged. About 190,000 Ohio adults are living on incomes of $2 a day or less. According to the group, about 800,000 Ohioans are living in “deep poverty” which is about $10,000 a year for a family of three. Part of the problem they said is the economy’s shift from middle-class manufacturing jobs to low-wage service jobs and social services can’t keep up.

Check Also

Patrol investigating serious injury crash in Defiance County Wednesday.

The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating two-vehicle serious injury crash …