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Board approves 3-year rental-assistance pilot for Care Not Cash participants
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance to create a three-year rental assistance pilot for certain Care Not Cash participants who have repeated noncompliance with program rules; the city’s Human Services Agency will make rent payments during sanction months and report results annually.
Supervisor Mark Farrell introduced an ordinance directing the Human Services Agency (HSA) to create a three-year rental-assistance pilot for some Care Not Cash participants who incur non-willful program noncompliance sanctions.
The pilot is meant to keep participants housed during a one-month suspension of cash assistance after a third act of negligent noncompliance. Under the ordinance, HSA will pay rent directly to housing providers during the sanction month while the individual must reinstate benefits and third-party rent payment services to reestablish ongoing income for future rent payments.
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