Water Debt Relief: Emergency Program for Households to Retain Service.
This bill aims to establish a financial assistance program for households with overdue water bills. Through this program, water providers can receive funds to forgive or reduce their customers' debts, helping them maintain access to water service. Additionally, for five years after receiving funds, providers cannot negatively impact customers' credit scores or disconnect their water due to arrears.
Key points
The program will help forgive or reduce water debt for households that accrued new arrears on or after March 1, 2020.
Water providers will receive funds to forgive customer debts, preventing service disconnections.
For five years after receiving funds, providers cannot negatively affect customer credit scores or disconnect water due to arrears.
Four billion dollars are authorized for this program to help citizens maintain access to water.
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