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Residents, nonprofits push to restore down‑payment assistance and fund eviction‑prevention programs
Summary
Speakers at the budget public hearing urged the council to restore down‑payment assistance funding cut from $1.15 million to $600,000 and to continue or increase funding for Eviction Free Milwaukee and tenants' right to counsel.
Advocates, resident council members and legal aid officials urged the Milwaukee Common Council to restore down‑payment assistance funding and to continue or expand funding for eviction‑prevention programs during the public hearing on the proposed 2026 budget.
Timothy Scott, representing a neighborhood council, said the 2025 budget included $1,150,000 for down‑payment assistance but the proposed 2026 budget reduces that figure to $600,000. ‘‘That means 150 families will not be able to get this down payment assistance,’’ Scott said, asking…
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