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Housing nonprofits and service providers tell council affordable housing and homelessness programs need continued or increased funding
Summary
Nonprofits and housing-service providers asked the County Council to preserve or increase FY26 funding for affordable housing development, rental assistance, housing counseling and homelessness prevention programs, warning that reduced funding would disrupt projects and increase evictions.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — At the April 8 public hearing, multiple nonprofit housing developers and homelessness service providers urged the County Council to preserve or increase funding for affordable housing preservation, development and rental assistance programs in the FY26 operating budget.
Speakers representing Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), Montgomery Housing Alliance (MHA), Victory Housing and others described long-standing partnerships with the county and…
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