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D.C. housing committee warns proposed DCHA budget cuts would shrink repairs and risk displacement
Summary
At a May 30 Committee on Housing hearing, residents, providers and Council members pressed the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) and Council staff about Mayor Bowser's FY26 proposal, which holds voucher funding flat, cuts recurring maintenance dollars and reduces public-safety support for public housing.
Council Member Robert White, chair of the Committee on Housing, opened the May 30 budget oversight hearing by warning the committee and witnesses that the city is operating on a compressed schedule and that the Mayor’s FY26 budget proposals for the D.C. Housing Authority risk worsening displacement.
“This is a setup for a new wave of displacement, and I'm incredibly concerned,” Council Member White said, summarizing testimony he expected from agencies and providers about the likely local effects of federal funding uncertainty and proposed local cuts.
Advocates and resident leaders told the committee the mayor’s proposal would keep local voucher investments steady but would eliminate a recurring $7 million a year set aside last year for public-housing repairs and maintenance. Several witnesses said the change, combined with a proposed reduction in funding for DCHA’s public-safety activities,…
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