Administration warns governor's housing fund will run out by August 2026; asks JFAC for general‑fund support

The Idaho Department of Administration told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 17 that the governor's housing fund will be depleted by August 2026 unless the Legislature provides new general‑fund support.

Frances Lippett, budget and policy analyst with the Legislature's Office of Budget and Policy Analysis, briefed the committee on the Department of Administration's budget and the governor's housing fund, saying the fund "provides a monthly housing stipend to the governor currently set at 4,551" and that the fund "has no consistent source of revenue." Lippett told the committee the department had previously requested an appropriation for the fund but that the Legislature did not fund that earlier request. Without new money, she said, "the fund will be fully depleted by August 2026."

The department asked JFAC to include an appropriation in…