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Housing committee approves award letters and funding; Southside Institute Neighborhood Alliance considered separately for $100,000
Summary
The housing committee approved draft letters to grant applicants and awarded $184,250 from a roughly $966,000 pool to providers offering move-in assistance; it approved 21 recipients as a block and separately approved Southside Institute Neighborhood Alliance for $100,000 amid a recorded abstention concern.
The state housing committee, chaired by retiring Sen. Marilyn Moore, voted to send draft award and denial letters to applicants and to disburse $184,250 in the current funding round from a roughly $966,000 pool.
Sen. Moore presented the letters and an allocations list, saying the committees intent was to fund services that help people transition out of homelessness rather than purchase hard goods. "We put a criteria together that the money should be used, not on hard goods, but more to recipients and to help people who might be homeless move in that direction," she said.
Sonia Jelks of the Department of Housing moved to approve the letters; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Moore then proposed approving 21 recipient organizations as a single block, excluding the Southside Institute Neighborhood Alliance for separate consideration. Jelks moved to approve the 21 recipients with Antonio Felipe seconding; the motion passed by voice vote.
The committee then considered Southside Institute Neighborhood Alliance for a $100,000 award. Antonio Felipe moved the award and Sen. Moore seconded. Several members responded "aye" during the voice vote; Sen. Moore also told staff she would abstain, creating an inconsistency in the transcript record that the committee noted.
Moore described the award criteria used to exclude applicants with "a lot of overhead for salaries" and said those applicants were told they could apply next year. She emphasized the goal was equitable distribution so funds reach people who need help avoiding homelessness.
The committee did not reference a statute or ordinance during the votes. No formal roll-call tallies with member-by-member votes were recorded in the transcript; the actions were recorded as moved, seconded and passed by voice vote.
