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Planning director outlines $52 million budget, warns federal grant outlook uncertain
Summary
Planning Director Jeff Butler presented the department's fiscal year 2026 budget, emphasizing a general-fund ask of about $6.9 million, roughly $41 million in HUD grant-supported housing programs, and progress on the Key to Home encampment rehousing initiative while warning that federal grant renewals remain uncertain.
Planning Director Jeff Butler presented the planning department's fiscal year 2026 budget to the Oklahoma City Council, detailing a general fund request of about $6.9 million and major federally supported programs that sum to roughly $52 million in total resources for the department.
Butler said the housing and community development division receives the largest share of the department's resources through federal HUD grants and other competitive funding that supports homelessness, affordable housing construction, and neighborhood revitalization programs.
The presentation matters because the city relies on federal grants to operate housing services: Butler told the council the department manages roughly $41 million in HUD grant funds that support staff and programs, and he said those grant totals can fluctuate year to year.
Butler described several housing projects and program accomplishments, including Harmony Garvey Apartments (40 units, conversion of the Marcus Garvey School…
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