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House panel advances grant program to expand shelter capacity for people experiencing homelessness
Summary
A House committee on second reading recommended House Bill 310, which would establish a two-year, one-time matched-grant program to increase community shelter capacity and support services for people experiencing homelessness; the measure passed second reading 63-37 and will be re‑referred to Appropriations.
Representative M. Nikolakakis, the bill sponsor, asked the Committee of the Whole to recommend House Bill 310 do pass. The bill would establish a two-year, one-time grant program to increase community shelter capacity and require a 1-to-1 local match and geographic-distribution criteria for awards.
The bill’s sponsor said the grants would help shelters that face a “massive spike in demand” tied to housing affordability and behavioral-health challenges and noted that some faith-based providers decline federal aid…
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