In today’s testimony, we respectfully ask you for the following:
- Include $40 million in funding for the Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP) and codification (S.2627A Kavanagh/A.1625A Solages) in one-house and final budgets
- Increase funding of OTDA’s Eviction Prevention Representation
- Increase benefits for housing expenses to 100% of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Market Rent for households eligible for public assistance
- Increase the shelter allowances to 100% of HUD fair market rent, adjusted annually if the FMR is increased. (S.1454 Kavanagh / A.1507 Rosenthal)
- Until the shelter allowance is increased, all public assistance households experiencing housing instability should be entitled to rent supplements at HUD fair market rent
- People experiencing housing instability who are not eligible for public assistance should receive a supplement and/or voucher at HUD fair market rent, such as the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP) (S.72 Kavanagh/A.1704 Rosenthal).
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