File #: 24-630    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/3/2024 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 11/12/2024
Title: AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK, INC. AND ALTERNATIVES TO ECONOMIC AND HOUSING DISPLACEMENT, INC. REGARDING THE EVICTION PREVENTION INTERVENTION COLLABORATIVE
Sponsors: Joanne Cunningham, Wanda F. Willingham, Samuel I. Fein
Attachments: 1. 24-630 IND - EPIC Program 2024
RESOLUTION NO. 630

AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK, INC. AND ALTERNATIVES TO ECONOMIC AND HOUSING DISPLACEMENT, INC. REGARDING THE EVICTION PREVENTION INTERVENTION COLLABORATIVE

Introduced: 10/15/24
By Cunningham, Willingham and Fein:

WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 579 for 2022, this Honorable Body authorized the creation of a pilot program to assist tenants facing eviction in the County and to make sure the eviction crisis does not become a homelessness crisis, and

WHEREAS, The County issued a Request for Proposals in 2024 (RFP #2024-067) which received three separate proposals with the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc and Alternatives to Economic and Housing Displacement, Inc. being the highest graded responsive proposers, and

WHEREAS, The County and the City of Albany are going to jointly fund this program consistent with the proposal and RFP #2024-067, which provides $211,581 of County funds to be used throughout the County and $100,000 of City of Albany funds to be used in the City of Albany, and

WHEREAS, The County's funding shall be used consistent with the proposal with $60,000 being used for Intervention Services and $151,581 being used for Rent Arrears Payments to Qualifying Residents, now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc. and Alternatives to Economic and Housing Displacement, Inc. for the provision of services related to the Eviction Prevention Intervention Collaborative in the amount of $211,581 (with a not to exceed amount of $311,581) for a term commencing November 1, 2024 and ending April 30, 2025, and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legisl...

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