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House chair frames homelessness funding as partnership, ties state support to local match and accountability
Summary
House leadership said the budget ties homelessness funding to local participation and focused on enforcement for repeat offenders; staff and members said the nicotine-tax revenue could help but its amount and form remain subject to Senate changes.
When asked about homelessness funding, the House chair described a new approach that conditions parts of state funding on local-government participation and emphasized holding repeat offenders accountable.
“It is a new approach that we're taking, with, our partners, our local partners,” the chair said, adding that the state does not want to simply take over local problems and that cities and counties must "step up and do their part." The chair said the budget’s intent language includes a 1-to-1 local-match…
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