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Committee briefed on emergency housing funding, H.91 and one‑time shelter expansions
Summary
JFO summarized one‑time appropriations and an existing $10 million placeholder to fund H.91; members were briefed on a $30.5 million one‑time GA emergency housing appropriation, a $2 million shelter capacity expansion and a $10 million carry for H.91 implementation.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee was briefed April 10 on emergency housing dollars in the governor and House budgets, including a one‑time $30,500,000 gross appropriation for GA emergency housing, a $2,000,000 shelter capacity expansion, and a House‑left $10,000,000 placeholder to fund H.91 (the temporary emergency housing/shelter bill passed after the budget).
Joint Fiscal Office staff said the $30.5 million figure is treated as one‑time even though similar sums have funded emergency shelter responses in prior years; the House addressed some FY27 program design in H.91 rather than altering the FY26 budget lines.
Members were told the $10,000,000 on the budget bottom line is intended to fund the one‑time appropriation called for in H.91 and that the committee will discuss the allocation and any necessary legislative language as part of H.91 work. JFO staff said they had heard from providers (referred to as CAPS in the briefing) that an estimate for the immediate need might be $6.5 million, but that final amounts and distribution had not been settled.
The briefing also referenced HOP grants administered through the Office of Economic Opportunity and other one‑time items intended to expand temporary shelter and case management capacity. Committee members were advised that some items overlap with other bills and settlement funding and that appropriations review will be needed to reconcile sources.
