SB 1496 Summary

• Establishes an eviction prevention fund administered by the Arizona Department of Housing, funded by legislative appropriations and other sources.

• Distributes fund monies to eviction-vulnerable tenants for emergency financial assistance and to community-based public or nonprofit organizations to help such tenants.

• Requires the department to establish eligibility criteria, application procedures, and selection standards including defining eviction-vulnerable tenants, application frequency limits, maximum assistance amounts, and financial need demonstration requirements.

• Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2019-2020 to the eviction prevention fund.

• Exempts fund monies from lapsing appropriation provisions, allowing unspent funds to carry forward.