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Mayor’s Office of Housing presents FY26 budget and warns federal HUD changes could threaten programs
Summary
Boston’s Mayor’s Office of Housing outlined a $52.1 million FY26 operating budget and said recent federal actions — and new conditions on HUD grants — risk funding for homelessness and housing programs unless challenged in court and by advocacy.
Sheila Dillon, chief of housing for the city and director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing, presented the office’s recommended FY26 operating budget and a summary of work completed in FY25, and said the office is preparing to sustain services despite federal uncertainty. ‘‘Last year, we permitted 816 new, income restricted units,’’ Dillon told the City Council committee, and the office is ‘‘targeting to permit over a thousand new affordable units’’ in FY26 based on its pipeline.
Rick Wilson, director of administration and finance at the Mayor’s Office of Housing, gave the numerical overview and said the FY26 recommended operating budget totals $52,100,000, ‘‘which is a decrease of 3,500,000.0 or 6.3% from our FY '25 budget.’’ He explained the reduction…
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