As the Prince George’s County budget process continues, county council members are encouraging residents to hold all leaders “accountable” to the promises they’ve made.
With the council approving several programs like the rental assistance fund, the challenge is ensuring there’s enough money in the budget to execute these programs. “We’re going to make sure that we put aside money for all of these programs,” said Wala Blegay.
On Tuesday the council unanimously passed a rental assistance program that will help families facing eviction pay their rent for up to 6 months. Before the council meeting, council member Krystal Oriadha says she wants to kick off the program with at least $1 – $2 million dollars.
“If you want to know what someone cares about look at the budget. And so there’s money, we just have to decide what we’re going to prioritize,” said Oriadha.
“We have to think about what can we do as a community and I think when it comes to making people’s tax dollars work for them, it should be going back into social services and so that is what this people’s County has really focused on is programs that are really focused on making sure people’s money work for them,” she continued.
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