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Board authorizes county to accept $180,000 subgrant and add one housing counselor FTE for renter services

2316775 · February 14, 2025
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Johnson County approved a subrecipient agreement with United Community Services to accept a $180,000 Block Family Foundation subgrant and add one grant-funded full-time-equivalent housing counselor to provide housing counseling to renters; vote 7-0.

The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners voted Feb. 13 to authorize the Department of Planning, Housing and Community Development to enter a grant subrecipient agreement with United Community Services of Johnson County to accept a $180,000 subgrant from the Block Family Foundation and to add one full-time-equivalent position, funded by the grant, to provide housing counseling for renters.

Proponents said the position will restore local housing counseling capacity and support eviction mediation outcomes by…

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