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Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.31 (2026)

Metropolitan housing authority - powers and duties

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Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
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A metropolitan housing authority created under sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code constitutes a body corporate and politic. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the authority of a metropolitan housing authority, or a nonprofit corporation formed by a metropolitan housing authority to carry out its functions, to compete for and perform federal housing contracts or grants within or outside this state. To clear, plan, redevelop, and rebuild slum areas within the district in which the authority is created; to provide safe and sanitary housing accommodations to families of low income within that district; to make available, acquire, construct, improve, manage, lease, or own mixed-use or mixed-income developments, or a combination of such developments; or to accomplish any combination of the foregoing public purposes, the authority may do any of the following:

(A) Sue and be sued; have a seal; have corporate succession; receive grants from state, federal, or other governments, or from private sources; conduct investigations into housing and living conditions; enter any buildings or property in order to conduct its investigations; conduct examinations, subpoena, and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers; issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of the state or unable to attend before the authority or excused from attendance; and in connection with these powers, any member of the authority may administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue subpoenas;

(B) Determine what areas constitute slum areas, and prepare plans for housing or other projects in those areas; purchase, lease, sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or mortgage any property, real or personal, or any interest in that property, or acquire the same by gift, bequest, or eminent domain; own, hold, clear, and improve property; provide and set aside housing projects, or dwelling units comprising portions of housing projects, designed especially for the use of families, the head of which or the spouse of which is sixty-five years of age or older; engage in, or contract for, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair, or both, of any housing project or part of any housing project; participate in partnerships or joint ventures relating to the development of housing or projects with other public or private entities; include in any contract let in connection with a project, stipulations requiring that the contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimum wages and maximum hours of labor, and comply with any conditions that the federal government has attached to its financial aid of the project; lease or operate, or both, any project, and establish or revise schedules of rents for any projects or part of any project; arrange with the county or municipal corporations, or both, for the planning and replanning of streets, alleys, and other public places or facilities in connection with any area or project; borrow money upon its notes, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness, and secure the same by mortgages upon property held or to be held by it, or by pledge of its revenues, or in any other manner; invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds or not required for immediate disbursements; enter into a shared service agreement with another metropolitan housing authority; execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this section; make, amend, and repeal bylaws and rules to carry into effect its powers and purposes;

(C) Borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project within its territorial limits; take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government; comply with any conditions and enter into any mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements that are necessary, convenient, or desirable;

(D) Subject to section 3735.311 of the Revised Code, employ a police force to protect the lives and property of the residents of housing projects within the district, to preserve the peace in the housing projects, and to enforce the laws, ordinances, and regulations of this state and its political subdivisions in the housing projects and, when authorized by law, outside the limits of the housing projects.

(E) Enter into an agreement with a county, municipal corporation, or township in whose jurisdiction the metropolitan housing authority is located that permits metropolitan housing authority police officers employed under division (D) of this section to exercise full arrest powers as provided in section 2935.03 of the Revised Code, perform any police function, exercise any police power, or render any police service within specified areas of the county, municipal corporation, or township for the purpose of preserving the peace and enforcing all laws of the state, ordinances of the municipal corporation, or regulations of the township.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1953–2025 · leading case: Moore v. Lorain Metro. Hous. Auth., 2009 Ohio 1250 (Ohio 2009).
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Moore v. Lorain Metro. Hous. Auth., 2009 Ohio 1250 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 6× “LMHA is a metropolitan housing authority, defined in R.C. 3735.31: “A metropolitan housing authority created under sections 3735.”
State v. Hudson, 2019 Ohio 3497 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “01(B) as including “a member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the Revised Code.” {¶23} In the course of that housing-authority detail, Vogelpohl and Bode found suspected crack cocaine and were investigating a…”
Moncrief v. Bohn, 2014 Ohio 837 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “01(F) defines “political subdivision” as “a municipal corporation, township, county, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.”
Ohio Historical Soc'y v. State Emp. Relations Bd., 1993 Ohio 182 (Ohio 1993). “The Society argues that our decision in CMHA holds that only “state-created public bod[ies]” can be “public employers.”
Sampson v. Cuyahoga Metro. Hous. Auth., 2012 Ohio 570 (Ohio 2012). · cites it 2× “As a consequence, CMHA is a “body corporate and politic,” R.C. 3735.31, and therefore a political subdivision entitled to invoke the immunity provisions of R.”
State v. Doss, 675 N.E.2d 854 (Ohio Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “states in full text: “(A) As used in this section: *69 “(1) ‘Peace officer’ means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation, or township constable, who is employed by a political subdivision of this…”
United States Constructors & Consultants, Inc. v. Cuyahoga Metro. Hous. Auth., 300 N.E.2d 452 (Ohio Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 2× “§3735.31 (B) R. C., authorizes a MHA to develop low-income housing under the “Turnkey” procedure because that Section permits a MHA to purchase an interest in real property, and to purchase a completed project.”
Cincinnati Metro. Hous. Auth. v. Cincinnati Dist. Council No. 51, 22 Ohio App. 2d 39 (Ohio Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “It is apparent that all concerned have an interest in the interpretation of the statute (Section 3735.31, Revised Code), but is such a legal interest in the absence of a contract between the parties? It seems to us equally apparent that no declaration of the rights and powers of…”
State v. Collier, 722 N.E.2d 1096 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “01(A)(11) states: “(11) ‘Law enforcement officer’ means any of the following: “(a) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer of a township or joint township police district, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, member of a police force employed by a…”
Cincinnati Metro. Hous. Auth. v. State Emp. Relations Bd., 560 N.E.2d 179 (Ohio 1990). “CMHA’s governing board is appointed by local government officials in the local governmental jurisdictions in which CMHA operates.”
Dektas v. Leis, 581 N.E.2d 1150 (Ohio Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “71(A)(1) a “peace officer” is defined as: “A deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation, member of a police force employed by *452 a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the…”
Blanchard Twp. Bd. of Trs. v. Simon, 2023 Ohio 1704 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “{¶40} Further, the Revised Code defines a “[l]aw enforcement officer” as any of the following: (a) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer of a township or joint police district, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, member of a police force employed by…”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.31(B) — 1 case
Moore v. Lorain Metro. Hous. Auth., 2009 Ohio 1250 (Ohio 2009). “LMHA is a metropolitan housing authority, defined in R.C. 3735.31: “A metropolitan housing authority created under sections 3735.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.31(D) — 2 cases
State v. Hudson, 2019 Ohio 3497 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “01(B) as including “a member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the Revised Code.” {¶23} In the course of that housing-authority detail, Vogelpohl and Bode found suspected crack cocaine and were investigating a…”
State v. Thomas, 2024 Ohio 1361 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024).
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