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Coalition urges $25 million in state funds to continue emergency rental assistance pilot

2331014 · February 18, 2025
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Summary

A coalition including House ATL, Enterprise Community Partners and others asked the committee to appropriate $25 million to continue an emergency rental assistance program DCA piloted with the final federal ERA dollars.

A coalition of housing and legal aid groups told the subcommittee the Department of Community Affairs used the last federal emergency rental assistance dollars to operate a pilot that pairs legal services and rental aid for tenants facing eviction, and asked the General Assembly to appropriate $25,000,000 to continue the program in FY2026.

The coalition, represented by Elizabeth Apley on behalf of House ATL, Enterprise…

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