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Home Allies reports early housing pilot successes, warns of subsidy and coordination risks

5125338 · July 1, 2025
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Home Allies Inc. told the Story County Board of Supervisors it served 10 households in its first year of a rental housing and tenant-education pilot funded by ARPA and private donations, but cautioned that paused voucher issuance and shrinking rapid-rehousing options threaten next steps.

Loris Olsen, president and chief operating officer of Home Allies Inc., told the Story County Board of Supervisors on July 1 that the organization's ARPA-funded rental housing and tenant-education pilot served 10 households in its first 12 months, exceeding the original plan to serve up to six.

Olsen said the program provided transitional rental assistance and tenant education, with an average household stay of about eight months. She said operating funds this year totaled about $49,000, which included Story County ARPA rent assistance of about $14,400 and a one-year $16,000 grant from the…

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