Rental Assistance Program

Background and context (including, if applicable, where this idea came from):
Community members expressed within the people's budget survey and through the first assembly that rents are too high and that they are struggling with high monthly costs.

Proposal (including what specifically the money would be spent on):
A rental assistance program for Boston residents to lower monthly costs and reduce rent burden. This would take the form of either a one-time assistance fund or a housing voucher for ongoing support.

Proposal cost:

City Department that would implement it (if known):
Mayor's Office of Housing

Valè Bidjè Pèp la (pou referans):

• Otodeterminasyon: Nou konnen sa kominote nou yo bezwen epi nou gen dwa deside pou tèt nou.

• Transparans: Nou aji avèk onètete ak ouvèti pou tout moun ka wè kijan desizyon yo pran.

• Swen: Nou pwoteje youn lòt atravè swen / satisfè bezwen nou yo, pa pinisyon.

• Solidarite: Nou la pou youn lòt. Pa gen youn nan nou ki lib sof si nou tout lib!

• Sajès Kominotè a: Moun ki pi afekte pa desizyon yo ta dwe dirije.

• Byennèt: Nou merite plis pase siviv. Tout moun ta dwe gen sa yo bezwen pou yo viv yon lavi abondan e plen ak kè kontan.

Rapèl: Y ap mande rezidan yo pou yo reflechi sou kijan pwopozisyon yo anfòm ak valè sa yo lè y ap vote nan asanble a nan dat 14 mas la epi pou yo vote pou pwopozisyon ki anfòm ak valè yo.

How does this proposal align with the People’s Budget values?
This program would allow us to stand in solidarity with and support the well-being of the many Boston residents who are struggling to pay their rent and are at risk of falling into homelessness.