AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin City Council will vote in their upcoming council meeting on whether to allocate additional funding to the 'I Belong in Austin' program, which helps Austinites facing evictions pay rent.

The program is operated through El Buen Samaritano, a nonprofit outreach ministry dedicated to help families with healthcare, education, food access, etc.

"I believe in that first of all, this is not a hand-out. It's a hand-up," said Isaac Pozos, who is the chief of programs at El Buen Samaritano. "We are able to be at a place in time to help a family prevent them from being homeless."

One person that was helped through the program is Lakisha Gregory, who was facing eviction in her apartment in July after she got laid off from her job.

"It's not like I didn't want to pay my re

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