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Idaho Department of Administration budget review flags governor's housing fund, new staffing requests
Summary
Committee heard that the Department of Administration's governor's housing fund will be exhausted without a general‑fund appropriation and that the department seeks new staff to manage insurance, property valuations and high transaction volume in the group insurance office.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee reviewed the Department of Administration's budget and was told the department's governor's housing fund will be depleted in 2026 unless the legislature appropriates general fund dollars.
Analyst Frances Lippett of Legislative Services told the committee the governor's housing fund currently provides a monthly housing stipend set at $4,551 and noted the department previously requested $30,000 for fiscal 2025 and had a subsequent request described at different points in the presentation. "For fiscal year 2026, the department is now requesting a $60,600 appropriation from the general fund," Lippett said in the presentation; a later slide in the same staff overview listed $660,600. The transcript records both figures and the committee asked staff to provide a reconciled, written…
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