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Committee hears DHCD request to make BHIP permanent with $4 million in base funding
Summary
Department of Housing and Community Development officials urged the House General and Housing committee to fund BHIP with $4,000,000 in base support to replace expiring one‑time appropriations and temporary ARPA positions, saying without permanent funding the program cannot continue at current capacity.
Alex Farrell, commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, told the House General and Housing committee on Feb. 4 that the governor’s budget includes a $4,000,000 request to make the BHIP program permanently funded. "Without base funding, VHIP will end," Farrell said, arguing that prior one‑time grants and ARPA‑funded staffing sustained the program but are not a durable path forward.
Farrell described BHIP’s early outputs and administrative limits: the department has funded nearly 1,200 units through the program to date and is managing it…
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