United Community Financial Corp. announced that pursuant to the merger agreement and upon the closing of the merger, the Board of Directors of the Company and Home Savings, elected Louis M. Altman, to serve as a director of the Company and Home Savings. Mr. Altman was appointed to fill a newly created vacancy upon the Board when the Board increased the size of the Board to ten (10) directors. Mr. Altman's term will expire in 2019. Mr. Altman will serve on the newly created Trust Committee of the Home Savings Board, and the Company and Home Savings Board will consider Mr. Altman's other Board Committee appointments at its meeting in March 2017.