HOUSE BILL 136

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Tomás E. Salazar

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2018 for the New Mexico mortgage finance authority to assist people who are homeless with rapid rehousing services, including case management services, life-skills training, housing counseling, short-term and long-term rental assistance and other services that help homeless people obtain and maintain stable permanent housing. No more than five percent of this appropriation shall be used by the New Mexico mortgage finance authority for administrative expenses. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2018 shall revert to the general fund.

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