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Stearns County HRA asks board for $50,000 levy increase as federal cuts squeeze voucher administration
Summary
The Stearns County Housing and Redevelopment Authority requested a $50,000 increase to its levy, citing reduced HUD administrative fees and rising agency subsidies of the Section 8 voucher program. Commissioners discussed portability, funding uncertainty and local impacts.
The Stearns County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) asked the county board to add $50,000 to its annual levy, bringing the request to $575,000, to offset reductions in HUD administrative fees and growing local subsidies for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program.
Neil Fortier, executive director of the Stearns County HRA, told the board the agency subsidized the voucher program by $113,000 in the last fiscal year and $77,000 the year before, and that the HRA currently supports 297 households. Fortier said, “The HRA is asking…
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