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Council staff says $3.17M in leftover GAP grant dollars can be redeployed to free FY27 amendment funding

Richmond City Council · April 20, 2026
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Chief of staff R. H. Warren told the Richmond City Council that the roughly $3,168,000 remaining in an October 2024 GAP grant could be dedicated to ongoing housing initiatives — freeing the equivalent general‑fund dollars in the FY27 budget for council amendments.

R. H. Warren, the council’s chief of staff, told members the city could redirect the full $3,168,000 remaining from a GAP grant that was appropriated in October 2024 to active housing programs and thereby release the same amount of general‑fund revenue in the proposed FY27 budget for council amendments. "The full 3,168,000 in remaining GAP grama dollars will be dedicated to the following active FY '26 housing initiatives currently serving city residents. The Family Crisis Fund,…

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