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Housing office outlines $53.3 million operating request, lists projects, urges continued focus on rental assistance and affordable production
Summary
The Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) told the committee it is managing roughly $43 million in federal awards and presented a $53,274,413 FY26 operating request focused on rental assistance, affordable housing production, and homelessness interventions.
Office of Housing and Community Development Administrator Kehau Costa and senior staff briefed the Committee on OHCD programs, spending and priorities as the finance panel considered the mayor's operating and capital proposals.
Costa told the committee OHCD's proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2025–26 totals $53,274,413. The office told the committee roughly $43 million of its planned activity in the coming year will come from federal awards (CDBG, HOME, HTF, ESG and other federal housing grants), while the operating request includes county subsidies and revenue from county-owned rental properties.
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