Friday, July 30, 2010

Brown Locates $5 Million for Support Rent Supplement Program to Support Low Income Families

WASHINGTON –  Today Councilmember Kwame R. Brown introduced an amendment to the FY 2008 Budget Support Act of 2007 to increase the funding to support a rent supplement program, increasing the number of low-income families that will benefit from the assistance provided through the District’s Department of Housing and Community Development.
The measure as proposed identified [...]

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Brown’s Recommended Funding to Strengthen Community Programs Passes on First Reading

WASHINGTON – During the first reading of the fiscal year 2008 Budget Support Act of 2007 and Budget Request Act of 2007, The Council unanimously passed Councilmember Kwame R. Brown’s recommendations to reallocate funds to provide greater support to the District’s community-based programs.  The recommendations submitted by the Committee on Economic Development on May 4, [...]

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