Statement Regarding the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program Proposed Budget Cuts - April 15, 2009

The budget released by the House Committee on Ways and Means would cut the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) by 45 percent from $33,047,000 appropriated in FY’09 to 17,997,061 proposed in FY’10. MRVP assists 5,200 low income households with rental assistance. The average income of households served by this program is less than $11,000. Almost all (79%) households are extremely low income and many have incomes below 15% of area median. About 2,300 of these households include children under 18.

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