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Housing department seeks $674,000 for development fund and pilots to prevent evictions and support tenants
Summary
The city’s Housing & Neighborhood Development department asked the council for a $674,000 increase to the housing development fund and proposed pilot programs — tenant‑based rental assistance ($450,000), eviction prevention (ED LIT funds), an interest‑rate buy‑down program and $150,000 to bolster security at permanent supportive housing sites.
Anna Killian Hansen, director of Housing & Neighborhood Development, presented HAND’s 2025 priorities and budget requests to the council, framing them around three goals: improve access to affordable housing, reduce unsheltered homelessness and increase departmental capacity and efficiency.
Hansen requested a $674,000 increase to the city’s Housing Development Fund — a flexible local fund created in 2017 that officials say can make grants and loans where federal funds cannot — and described several proposed pilots for…
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