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Committee narrows supportive-services language to emphasize landlord outreach, eviction prevention
Summary
The Human Services committee revised supportive‑services language to add eviction prevention and to replace mediation with landlord‑tenant outreach, education and conflict resolution.
The Human Services committee on an unspecified date revised the bill's supportive‑services section to add eviction prevention and to replace the phrase “mediation with landlords” with a non‑legal, service‑oriented description.
Committee members said eviction prevention should be listed separately from diversion. Chair (unnamed) recorded that eviction prevention is distinct from diversion and that the committee would incorporate language reflecting that distinction. After discussion the committee agreed to change the wording to “landlord‑tenant outreach and education and conflict resolution.”
Supporters of the change said “mediation” is a legal term and may imply a legal role for providers that many community organizations cannot perform. One member suggested the new phrasing better captures practical activities providers already deliver, including landlord outreach, tenant education and conflict‑management coaching. As summarized by the chair, the final recommended wording is that supportive services include assistance “in resolving disputes with landlords; landlord‑tenant outreach and education; and conflict resolution.”
Committee staff (Katie) will insert the agreed phrasing into draft 4.1 and produce a revised draft. The chair checked the item off the agenda after the language change.
Why it matters: the substitution narrows legal inference about provider duties and clarifies the services the statute expects community providers to deliver, which affects training, contracts and implementation guidance.
