What started as a 2022 book-closing supplemental and snowballed into a $946.2 million spending effort by Democrats also contained a notable $25 million for the creation of a water shutoff prevention fund, which Sen. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit, said is a first step towards creating a statewide program to prevent water shutoffs for those who can't pay. Chang, who has been a longtime advocate for eliminating water shutoffs in her Detroit-area district, said the end goal is $100 million towards a water shutoff prevention fund, along with permanent legislation to create a statewide program. She called the $25 million appropriated in
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