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Houses for rent in Mentor, OH

Mentor is Lake County's largest city, about 25 miles northeast of Cleveland via I-90, near Headlands Beach State Park. Rent Finder Cleveland's 90+ rental homes are concentrated in Cleveland and a few nearby Ohio cities, and we don't currently manage a property inside Mentor — but we can tell you about comparable voucher-friendly homes and how vouchers work outside Cuyahoga County.

Where Mentor, Ohio is located

Mentor is a Lake County city roughly 25 miles northeast of Cleveland along the I-90 corridor, and it's the largest city in Lake County. It sits on Lake Erie, near Headlands Beach State Park, and includes the Great Lakes Mall commercial corridor along Route 615/Mentor Avenue.

Housing in Mentor spans postwar single-family subdivisions closer to the lake to newer construction further from the shoreline, which is typical of Lake County's suburban growth pattern since the mid-20th century.

Does Rent Finder Cleveland manage houses for rent in Mentor?

Not currently. Our portfolio of 90+ rental homes is concentrated in Cleveland's east and southeast neighborhoods — Slavic Village, Collinwood, Glenville, Fairfax/Central, Hough, and Buckeye-Shaker — with a smaller west-side presence and a few homes further out in Akron, Lorain, and Elyria, Ohio. We don't have a listing inside Mentor at this time.

If Mentor is where you need to be, reach out to our leasing team and we'll tell you about comparable voucher-friendly homes closer to Cleveland, or you can browse the Cleveland houses pillar and the Cleveland suburbs guide for other areas we currently serve.

How Section 8 vouchers work if you're searching in Mentor

Mentor is in Lake County, not Cuyahoga County, so the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) — the agency that administers vouchers for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County — is not the agency covering Mentor. Housing Choice Vouchers nationwide are run locally by the public housing authority (PHA) with jurisdiction over a given address; HUD's Housing Choice Voucher program overview explains how the program works and can help you identify the correct PHA for a Lake County address.

Ohio has no statewide law requiring a landlord to accept a voucher as a source of income, and no local ordinance covering Mentor was identified in this review — confirm directly with the city and with a landlord before assuming voucher acceptance. Every home Rent Finder Cleveland manages accepts Section 8 and is HUD-inspection-ready; see our Cleveland Section 8 guide for how that works for our own portfolio.

What houses cost to rent near Greater Cleveland

There's no Mentor-specific rent index available, but two dated reports on the broader Cleveland metro area are a useful reference point. Per Zumper, dated July 4, 2026, the metro's median asking rent is $1,250/month. Per RentCafe (Yardi), dated July 2, 2026, the average rent across professionally managed apartments is $1,564/month for about 787 square feet — a gap that reflects RentCafe's focus on larger managed complexes versus Zumper's broader listing median.

Ohio landlord-tenant law that applies in Mentor

Ohio's landlord-tenant statute is state law and applies in Mentor the same as anywhere else in Ohio. Under ORC 5321.16, a security deposit over $50 or one month's rent (whichever is greater) earns 5% annual interest once a tenant stays six months or more, and must be returned with an itemized statement within 30 days of move-out. Before an eviction filing for nonpayment, a landlord must serve a statutory 3-day notice under ORC 1923.04. This is general information, not legal advice — verify current statute language before relying on it.

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