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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia creates Housing Stability Fund to provide rent and utility assistance vouchers
Last action · February 9, 2026: To Health and Human ResourcesSponsor: Joey Garcia
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What This Bill Proposed
Creating WV Housing Stability Fund
Establishes a dedicated state funding stream outside of federal programs to prevent evictions and utility shutoffs for families, prioritizing households with children in the child welfare system or at risk of foster care placement.
- The West Virginia Department of Human Services oversees various social service programs in the state, including child welfare and family assistance. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Low- to moderate-income families with children
Eligible to receive priority housing assistance vouchers and utility bill payments to prevent homelessness and utility shutoffs.
Child welfare agencies, housing authorities, and qualifying nonprofits
Eligible to apply for and receive annual grant funding from the secretary to distribute housing and utility assistance to residents.
Department of Human Services
The secretary is tasked with administering the fund, prescribing the application process, and promulgating implementing rules.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible to receive housing vouchers or utility assistance from this fund?
Can the financial assistance be used to stop an eviction?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 9, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Feb 9, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 9, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources then Finance
- Feb 9, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Creation of Dedicated State Housing Stability Fund
The bill establishes a specialized state revenue fund specifically targeted at preventing family homelessness and utility shutoffs to mitigate child welfare referrals and foster care placements.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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