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Housing budget: $14.6M shown, but $6.5M actually available for FY26; council debates process for social action/arts allocations
Summary
City staff detailed housing fund components — $14.6 million on paper but roughly $6.5 million available for new FY2026 programming — and described how social action and arts funding will be allocated and moved into departmental portfolios for accountability.
City staff presented the proposed housing budget during the FY2026 second public hearing and explained how headline figures differ from funds actually available for new programming.
Abby Feeley, administrator for Development and Economic Opportunity, said the budget shows $14.6 million in general funds for housing but clarified that $2 million has already been appropriated for hurricane recovery and roughly $3.8 million is pending or planned, while $4.3 million is currently encumbered. That leaves about $6.5 million available to program in FY2026, Feeley said.
Feeley outlined typical uses for…
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