Changes at "Rental Assistance Program"

• +Rental Assistance Program

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  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

  人民预算的价值（仅供参考）：
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• 自决权：我们清楚社区的需求，并有权自主决定。

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• 透明度：我们秉持诚实和开放的态度行事，让所有人都能了解决策过程。

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• 关怀：我们通过关怀守护彼此的安全 / 满足需求而非惩罚。

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• 团结：我们彼此扶持。除非所有人获得自由，否则无人能真正自由！

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• 集体智慧：最受决策影响的人应主导决策。

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• 幸福福祉：我们值得拥有超越生存的更多。每个人都应获得所需，以过上丰盛而快乐的生活。

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提醒：3月14日居民大会投票时，请各位居民审慎考量各项提案是否符合这些核心价值观，并为符合价值观的提案投下支持票。

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.