Assistance fund for residents losing TPS
Resident asks for a pilot fund managed by MOIA to help residents losing TPS cover health or housing costs, responding to federal actions affecting immigrant neighbors.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Pilot a fund managed by MOIA for residents who are losing TPS to apply for assistance to cover health or housing costs (given those are big costs and people are losing health insurance as a result of losing jobs). hopefully foundations put in $ too
Who it helps and why
This fund would create some local, public infrastructure to respond to the attacks on our immigrant neighbors by the federal government.
Details
- Cycle
- 2026–27
- Submitted
- July 23, 2026
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Community
- How it was submitted
- Library, BCYF or other site
- Submitted at
- Better Budget Alliance
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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