Ohio Bonds for Low and Moderate Income Housing Amendment (1977)

Ohio Bonds for Low and Moderate Income Housing Amendment
Election date November 8, 1977
Topic Bond issues and Housing
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio Bonds for Low and Moderate Income Housing Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 8, 1977. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported allowing state and local governments to issue bonds for the construction of low and moderate income housing.

A “no” vote opposed allowing state and local governments to issue bonds for the construction of low and moderate income housing.

Election results

Ohio Bonds for Low and Moderate Income Housing Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,120,885	38.72%
No		1,773,779	61.28%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Bonds for Low and Moderate Income Housing Amendment was as follows:

“

To amend Article VIII of the Constitution of Ohio by adopting Section 14 To authorize the state to lend its aid and credit to individuals, associations, companies or corporations to borrow money and issue bonds or notes to provide for housing and the rehabilitation of housing and to make direct loans for low and moderate income housing. To authorize municipal corporations and counties, in the absence of laws passed by the general assembly to the contrary, to do the same as Paragraph 1 above. To validate and ratify the bond authority of Substitute House Bill No. 870 of the 110th general assembly.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution

A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1977 Measures

• 1977 Measures
• Housing on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1977 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Youngstown Vindicator, "State Questions and Issues," November 6, 1977