The Metro Council Committee on Budget and Finance determined on Monday that a rental assistance program, created with federal funding sent to help Americans avoid eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic, will come to an end on June 30, as the result of steps by the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency to cut wasteful spending. Explaining that DOGE recommended the U.S. Department of the Treasury (USDT) terminate its Emergency Rental Assistance program, which has doled out tens of billions since it was authorized in 2021, the Metro Council urged residents in need of assistance to contact the Metropolitan Action Commission (MAC) prior to June 30.

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, an election integrity champion, has been unsuccessfully trying to regain control of his duties over early and mail-in voting, which the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) reduced before he assumed office this year. Heap tried to renegotiate the Shared Services Agreement (SSA) with the MCBOS without success this year, and finally submitted a final draft of the SSA to the MCBOS last week, hinting at legal action. He requested a response by Friday. However, Grassroots activist Merissa Hamilton of EZAZ observed on X on Wednesday that the MCBOS, led by chair Thomas Galvin, a holdover from the last board, hasn’t scheduled any public review of Heap’s SSA yet. “@ThomasGalvin did not add @azjustinheap's statutory compliant SSA to today's BOS meeting agenda, even though it was discussed in their Monday Executive Session,” she said. “He also hasn't scheduled a Special Meeting for the Board of Supervisors to discuss the SSA. After weeks of defamation and sabotage against the Recorder by most of the BOS, this is a funny way for Tom to show he's negotiating in good faith.”