Roughly 7% of residential properties in Lucas County are owned by landlords whose mailing address is outside Ohio, according to numbers the county treasurer's office supplied to WTVG. Inside Toledo, the reported share climbs to about one in ten.
The countywide figure corresponds to 10,300 properties, the station reported.
The treasurer's office sorted ownership by the address where property tax bills are sent, meaning the out-of-state shares rest on a mailing-address proxy rather than a title or deed review. No breakdown by ZIP code, property type, building size, or the states where owners are based appeared in the initial report, and no official was named or quoted.
WTVG said its I-TEAM planned to meet with the treasurer later in the week of publication to examine the data in more detail. Whether that interview took place, and what it produced, is not reflected in the source text.
Community discussion of rental ownership often turns on whether absentee owners maintain properties and respond to local code enforcement. This report did not include housing-condition data, complaint records, or rent levels, so it does not establish any link between out-of-state ownership and maintenance outcomes. The percentages are rounded shares as described by the station.