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Residents and advocates press council to protect Housing Trust Fund and ARPA-funded services amid budget cuts
Summary
During public comment, housing advocates and nonprofits urged the council to honor the voter-approved 2% Housing Trust Fund (calculated against the amended general fund) and to avoid cutting ARPA-funded programs that serve pregnant people, youth diversion and violence prevention; councilmembers pledged to restore the 2% as revenues are recognized.
Numerous residents, nonprofit leaders and program directors used the council's public comment period to urge protection for the Housing Trust Fund and community programs threatened by reallocation and cuts in the 2026 budget.
Speakers from housing advocacy groups requested that the Housing Trust Fund be funded at the full 2% of the general fund now that the council has amended the revenue total. "If the general fund has increased to $799,000,000, then the housing trust fund must be…
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