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Advocates press for $20 million to expand Georgia Housing Voucher Program as homelessness and encampments rise
2366707 · February 21, 2025
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Summary
Nonprofit leaders, housing advocates and the DBHDD commissioner urged the subcommittee to invest in the Georgia Housing Voucher Program and supportive housing, saying the program is at capacity and additional state funding could reduce costly hospital, jail and emergency room use.
Advocates from housing nonprofits, hospitals and behavioral health organizations told the Appropriations subcommittee that the Georgia Housing Voucher Program (GHVP) is at capacity and state investment is needed to house the chronically homeless with severe and…
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