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Committee advances $4.4M amendment to expand tenant-right-to-counsel funding
Summary
The committee voted to forward a MOHCD amendment to increase Eviction Defense Collaborative funding by approximately $4.4 million (to about $11.4 million total), which would raise the number of tenants served across two grants from 892 to 1,450; the BLA urged clearer, higher-level performance metrics.
The Budget & Finance Committee forwarded an amendment on Dec. 13 that would increase the mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) grant to the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC) by up to $4,400,000, bringing the EDC’s aggregate funding for the relevant grants to approximately $11,391,504 and increasing funded client capacity from 892 to about 1,450.
Hugo Ramirez, manager for eviction prevention and housing stabilization at MOHCD, described the tenant-right-to-counsel program as a citywide, Prop F–originated initiative that provides universal…
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