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Committee approves roughly $3.5 million for homeless services and housing resources beginning in 2026
Summary
The finance committee unanimously approved a resolution allocating approximately $3.5 million in combined city and federal funds to seven nonprofits following a competitive RFP process. The funding mix includes city levy, HUD grants and one-time HOME-ARPA dollars earmarked for eviction diversion and other prevention programs.
The City of Madison Finance Committee voted unanimously to approve a 2026 funding package that directs roughly $3,500,000 of combined city and federal funds to support homeless services and housing resources beginning in 2026. The allocation follows a competitive request-for-proposals process run by the Community Development Division (CDD) and funds a mix of prevention, emergency and housing stabilization programs offered by nonprofit providers.
Director Lynette Rhodes and staff described the major components of the recommended awards. The package continues an eviction diversion and eviction-defense program that began with use of HOME-ARPA funds; staff recommended stretching about $915,000 of those one-time ARPA HOME funds across a multi-year schedule so the prevention work continues beyond the immediate spending year. Rhodes said the unit views this as a prevention activity and told the committee, “we will be extending that very popular prevention program.”
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