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Committee backs bill to create homelessness-prevention program under DCA
Summary
The State Planning & Community Affairs committee voted to give House Bill 689 a "do pass" recommendation to establish a state-level homelessness-prevention grant program run by the Department of Community Affairs; any funding will require a separate appropriation.
On March 3, the State Planning & Community Affairs committee voted to give House Bill 689 a "do pass" recommendation, advancing legislation that would create a homelessness-prevention grant program administered by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA).
The bill, as described to the committee, would establish a statutory mechanism allowing the state to provide grants to local organizations to prevent evictions and keep people housed. Representative Carpenter (chairman) told the committee the measure is designed as a state counterpart to emergency rental assistance distributed with ARPA funds during the COVID-19 pandemic and would only be funded if lawmakers appropriate money for it.
Representative Carpenter said, "This program seeks to help as many as it can by providing state grants to local…
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