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North Dakota lawmakers boost housing funds, quadruple homeless grant but several proposals fall short
Summary
Lawmakers approved new cash for the Housing Incentive Fund and a $10 million statewide homeless-services grant, while other requests — including a $25 million HOME infrastructure proposal and a $13.5 million rent‑help carryover — were cut in late budget negotiations.
Lawmakers this year increased state spending on housing and homeless services, directing new cash to developer incentives and service providers while several larger proposals failed in final budget negotiations.
At the center of the measures, the housing incentive fund received $25,000,000 in cash, described by forum speakers as the largest direct cash appropriation to the fund since it was created during the oil boom. Josh Beauchea, who spoke at the Fargo forum, said the money is meant to serve as bridge financing through the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency: "The housing incentive fund is used through the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency as a bridge financing tool for developers, and getting that number up was really important."
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