(BISMARCK, ND) — A bill in the North Dakota legislature would call for more than $200 million to address homelessness in the state.
Senate Bill 2030, introduced by Legislative Management, would call for $10 million for the purpose of providing homeless grants for the 2025-27 biennium, $50,000 for one-time funding for a homelessness study by the North Dakota Housing and Finance Agency, $1 million for the Department of Public Instruction to provide grants for homelessness liaison services to the 10 school districts with the greatest student enrollment and $200 million in transfers to the housing incentive fund to be distributed over a four-year period beginning on July 1, 2025.
A hearing will be held Tuesday in front of the Senate Appropriations – Education and Environment Division committee.
