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Organizations detail funding sources and challenges in housing assistance
2:50:50
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Representatives from Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation and other organizations provide more detailed information about their funding sources and challenges, particularly in relation to housing assistance programs.
- Philip Duncan explains that their housing project is almost entirely government-funded, with some private grants for rent assistance.
- Duncan mentions the pause of EFSP (Emergency Food and Shelter Program) grant funds, which has been a significant drawback for their ability to prevent evictions.
- The discussion highlights the importance of even small amounts of funding in preventing evictions and the challenges faced when such funding is paused or cut.
Philip Duncan
2:50:50
So, Nimik, for other projects, I think there is more of a mix of public and private funding.
2:50:55
For our housing project, we're almost entirely government funded.
2:50:59
And I will I will say we have we administer a grant that is a private grant for rent assistance.
Mohammad Razvi
2:51:04
Mhmm.
Philip Duncan
2:51:05
So we are able to provide some help through that.
2:51:08
We, you know, the e f we also administered an e f s p grant that those funds were paused.
2:51:14
So that was really I mean, I I think that grant, mean, we were able to know, it's it's a month or two of rent.
2:51:19
It's a month or two of rent that that can be the vital thing at the end of like a long eviction process to prevent an eviction.
2:51:25
So those sorts of things, that was, you know, paused and that actually has been a real drawback that we're trying to supplement that with, you know, the small amount of funds that we have from a private
Andrew Sta. Ana
2:51:35
brand.
Lynn C. Schulman
2:51:36
No, thank you.
2:51:37
I appreciate that.