News Council Asks Nickels To Release $50,000 of Frozen Tenant Fund
posted by on February 12 at 12:21 PM
This morning, Councilmember Tim Burgess—Chair of the Council’s Human Services Committee—asked the Mayor’s office to release $50,000 from the Council’s tenant relocation fund, which is in limbo at the City’s Human Services Department (HSD). The $50,000 would be used to cover tenants who were displaced in January and February.
According to Burgess, 30 tenants were displaced by conversions in January, although not all of them would be eligible to receive relocation assistance.
Nickels told HSD to hold off on distributing the $350,000 fund to displaced tenants—without informing the Council—until the city comes up with a way to fill a half-million dollar gap in HSD’s budget. The Council fund was intended to temporarily help tenants until the state legislature agrees on a plan to protect displaced renters.
Burgess says he has not received a response from the Mayor’s office.
Atta boy, Burgess!!
So would Della have done anything?
No, because he is "Do Nothing Della." Nicknames tell all.
What the mayor is doing is unconscionable.
That rascally Republican. He's just doing this to lull us into thinking he might have some progressive ideas.
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