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Kitsap County to roll out additional $18 million in rental assistance and eviction prevention funding Christian Vosler, Kitsap Sun © Jessie Darland / Kitsap Sun The Kitsap County administration building in Port Orchard. Kitsap County is opening its largest eviction assistance program to date in an effort to help residents affected by the COVID-19 economic crisis catch up on their rent and stay housed. The Kitsap Eviction Prevention Assistance program, or KEPA, will use $18 million in federal and state coronavirus relief funding to pay back rent and utility bills for low-income residents who are behind on their payments.  “This is probably one of the key programs that we can push out outside of small business relief, where folks are probably the most vulnerable, where they have a loss of income,” county commissioner Rob Gelder said. 

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