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Senate committee hears proposal for 2‑year pilot to provide housing assistance to youth in extended foster care
Summary
SB 5940 would create a two-year extended foster care housing pilot to provide rental assistance and related fees for up to 50 eligible youth, with rental assistance capped at 24 months and a legislative report due June 30, 2029; advocates and several young people testified in strong support.
Senate Bill 5940, sponsored in the Senate by Chair Claire Wilson, would establish a two-year pilot within DCYF to provide rental assistance and associated housing fees for eligible youth enrolled in extended foster care who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Under the bill’s terms described to the committee, up to 50 young people could participate; rental assistance cannot exceed 24 months nor continue beyond a youth’s 20th birthday. Assistance is to be based on fair-market rent in the youth’s location and youth would pay no more than 30% of adjusted gross income toward…
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