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Housing and Economic Development budget includes HUD-funded lead-paint FTE and continued grant reliance

3277564 · May 8, 2025
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Summary

Director Greg Watson presented a mostly level budget for Housing & Economic Development that adds one HUD-funded lead-paint position and shifts an employee from a sunsetting ARPA role into a program coordinator role.

The City Council Finance Committee on May 8 reviewed the Portland Housing and Economic Development Department's proposed fiscal-year budget, which department director Greg Watson described as largely level with a modest staffing-driven increase.

“This should be relatively straightforward. We are asking for a very minimal increase ... In real terms, that is a 7.3% increase that is tied exclusively to employment,” Greg Watson said, adding that the one new FTE included in the plan is fully funded through a HUD…

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