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Bernalillo County outlines $79M housing request, seeks $33M for behavioral-health housing
Summary
County leaders told state lawmakers at a rotunda news conference that they are seeking major state funding for affordable housing projects across Albuquerque and separate funds for transitional housing and recovery supports for people with behavioral-health needs.
Bernalillo County officials on the rotunda outlined a package of legislative funding requests focused on affordable housing and behavioral-health–linked housing, and asked the state legislature for support to expand both permanent and transitional housing across Albuquerque.
Vice Chair and District 3 Commissioner Adrianne Barbova said the county is requesting a range of funds, including a $2,000,000 request to build and furnish cottages and renovate a former clinic in the International District for affordable and transitional housing and a larger joint request with the City of Albuquerque for $100,000,000 to build 2,000 new units and rehabilitate more than 800 units.
"We face a significant shortage of affordable housing. It hurts my heart to know that not all our residents enjoy the comfort, the dignity, the security, or especially right now, the warmth of an affordable home," Commissioner Adrianne Barbova said. "But then it soothes my heart to know that we can fight to change that and that it's a real privilege of being a public servant."
The county said it used $3,000,000 in state funds last year to buy four…
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