The new state budget repair bill will help tenants in apartment buildings facing foreclosure and deliver $200,000 to the financially strapped Tenant Resource Center in Madison.
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, who helped craft the legislation, said the bill protects tenants who might lose housing in the economic downturn and that the TRC, an established nonprofit working on tenant issues, was the logical agency to handle toll-free calls and do education and outreach.