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Faith leaders and residents urge Durham to find eviction-diversion funds and strengthen tenant protections as local supports run out
Summary
Faith leaders and residents told the City Council that eviction-diversion funding and vouchers are exhausted and asked the city to fund Entry Point Durham through July 2025, expand tenant protections (longer notice for rent increases) and create structural solutions to rising housing instability.
Faith leaders and residents asked the Durham City Council to act now to blunt an emerging wave of evictions and homelessness, saying local emergency funds and vouchers are exhausted and asking the city to fill the gap.
Grace Wegman, who said she represents Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church and oversees the congregation's emergency assistance program, told the council her congregation distributed about $18,000 to 90 families last year and has distributed $45,000 to more than 200 families year to date. "Entry Point Durham is out of funds," Wegman said, asking the council to "mobilize more assistance funds for rent" and to consider…
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