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OHCS reports progress on shelter and rehousing; lawmakers express spend‑down concerns
Summary
The Housing and Community Services Department told the Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee it has exceeded some rehousing targets and expanded shelter capacity, but legislators pressed officials on uneven county coverage and the pace of spending. The subcommittee acknowledged receipt of the seventh quarterly report.
The Housing and Community Services Department presented its seventh quarterly report on statewide shelter and rehousing investments to the Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee and asked the committee to acknowledge receipt of the report.
OHCS officials said the emergency response resources appropriated earlier in the biennium have produced measurable results: as of the report, the department expects to have supported more than 4,800 shelter beds, prevented about 24,000 households from becoming homeless and re‑housed roughly 3,300 households by the end of the biennium. Officials also said the department has exceeded rehousing goals in some regions and is on track for…
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