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House General and Housing agrees to send revised Appropriations letter highlighting rental-arrears aid, staffing and VHCB priorities
Summary
The committee approved sending a revised memo to Appropriations prioritizing extension of the rental arrears assistance program, preservation of existing housing programs, and funding requests for Human Rights Commission staffing and VHCB pilot projects; members removed language ranking positions to avoid premature prioritization.
Chair of the House General and Housing committee said Feb. 20 that she would send a revised letter to the Appropriations Committee outlining the panel’s funding priorities for housing and related programs.
The chair opened discussion by explaining she reorganized the draft from “tier 1/2” to “highest priority/high priority,” combined housing and non-housing asks within each tier and included a request to extend the landlord-tenant rental arrears assistance program, which she said “is in law right now” and is broadly supported by members.
Why it matters: Committee members warned that several successful time-limited programs face the risk of being “heavily compromised” or…
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