Bill Title: Relates to emergency rental assistance; prohibits the requirement that a court proceeding has been initiated against an individual in order for such individual to qualify for a rent arrears grant or ongoing rental assistance (Part A); removes the requirement that rent arrears be repaid (Part B); makes certain housing programs available regardless of immigration status (Part C); authorizes emergency assistance to cover rent arrears for up to twelve months; provides that when any emergency assistance is used to cover rent arrears from a funding source that requires local cost sharing, the local cost of such assistance shall be fifty percent of the total emergency assistance (Part D).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-26 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S08652 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Brian Kavanagh [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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