About HMHA
How We Got Started
Hancock Metropolitan Housing Authority (HMHA) was chartered in 1991 under the laws of the State of Ohio with the cooperation of the City of Findlay, the Hancock County Commissioners, the Hancock Regional Planning Commission, and local citizens.
What We Do
HMHA administers HUD’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program and currently services Hancock, Wyandot, Putnam and Hardin Counties. The HCV Program provides rent subsidy assistance to eligible families. Families with a tenant-based voucher are able to choose from a variety of safe, affordable, privately-owned units.
Board of Commissioners
Meet our Commissioners
Douglas West, Board Chairperson, Computer and Network Support
Donna Ruse, Board Vice Chairperson, Local Realtor
Robert J. Fox, Board Secretary, Findlay City Schools
Dow Campbell, Financial Services
Dionne Kinninger, Social Services
Board of Commissioners Meetings
HMHA’s Board of Commissioners meeting is held on the fourth Thursday of every month at 8:30 AM at The Family Center, 1800 North Blanchard Street, Findlay, Ohio, in Conference Room 118.
Annual Plan/5 Year Plan meeting will be held on the fourth Thursday in August at 8:30 AM at The Family Center, 1800 North Blanchard Street, Findlay, Ohio, in Conference Room 118.
Annual meeting will be held on the fourth Thursday in October at 8:30 AM at The Family Center, 1800 North Blanchard Street, Findlay, Ohio, in Conference Room 118.
To request to speak at an HMHA Board of Commissioners’ meeting, please:
- Submit your written request to speak to HMHA’s Executive Director at the offices in The Family Center – Suite 114, 1800 North Blanchard Street, Findlay, Ohio, 45840, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
Requests may also be emailed to cricker@hancockmetro.com.
- The request must include the topic for discussion.
- Speaker will be given five minutes to address the Board.
2020 Board Minutes
2021 Board Minutes
2022 Board Minutes
2023 Board Minutes
2024 Board Minutes
Agency’s Public Transparency Notices
Agency Plans
The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires HMHA to complete a 5-Year and an Annual Agency Plan pursuant to the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. The Plan outlines the goals, objectives, and community activities that HMHA will undertake this year as well as through December 2023.
The Plans may be reviewed by clicking on below:
Financial Audits
All housing authorities administering the HCV Program are required to submit un-audited financial data to HUD electronically no later than two months following its fiscal year end.
HMHA must also submit an audited financial report to the Auditor of the State of Ohio no later than nine months following its fiscal year end. The audit must be prepared by an Independent Public Accountant.