Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-126

GOV 126

Financial Sponsor Funds Recovery

Messrs. Moore, Tarr, O'Connor and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section __ the following new section:-

“SECTION __. (a) The executive office of housing and livable communities shall implement a policy to identify any families or individuals in the emergency housing assistance program, including those residing in overflow shelters, that have a financial sponsor under federal immigration law.

(b) For any families or individuals identified has having a financial sponsor, the executive office shall, in consultation with the office of the attorney general, seek reimbursement of any funds that should have been covered by the financial sponsor through legal action against the financial sponsor."