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Senate bill would extend Access to Counsel in Evictions program funding and shift task force to Housing department
Summary
Sen. Shelley Hettleman proposed extending the ACE program's funding through fiscal 2028 and transferring the implementation task force from the Attorney General's office to the Department of Housing and Community Development; state and AG witnesses told the committee the program reduced eviction losses and saved public dollars.
Sen. Shelley Hettleman appeared before the committee to present Senate Bill 154, a measure to extend the Access to Counsel in Evictions (ACE) program and to move the ACE task force from the Attorney General's Office to the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
Hettleman described the program's record since enactment, saying it closed "just under 9,000 cases" in the past year — a 124% increase over the prior year — and that…
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