 The ACC Commission voted to restart a stalled eviction prevention program that helped 425 families avoid eviction last year. It might even save taxpayers money, according to school board member Tim Denson. The rental assistance stabilizes both tenants and landlords, preserves neighborhoods, and protects government budgets over the long term. The conclusion that the estimated benefits of rental assistance eclipse the estimated costs of providing the funds by three or four times suggests that rental assistance should supplant non-payment eviction as the social remedy for the inability to pay rent. Family Promise and the ARC will run the program with $900,000 of leftover funds, with a preference to serving households at risk of eviction at or below 50% of the area median income.