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Community Services director pitches $182 million budget, highlights homelessness pivots and Section 8 changes
Summary
Director Anton Krucky told the Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget on March 11 that his department’s proposed FY27 budget — about $182 million — relies heavily on federal and state grants, supports command-center triage for people experiencing homelessness and credits emergency housing vouchers for clearing the Section 8 waiting list.
Anton Krucky, director of the Department of Community Services, told the Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget on March 11 that his department is proposing a roughly $182 million operating budget for fiscal 2027 and remains heavily dependent on external funding. "Eighty percent of our funds come from outside of the city," Krucky said during the presentation.
The department said the budget aims to protect services for vulnerable residents while keeping the city fiscally prudent. Krucky told the committee the department has prioritized homelessness triage, shelter capacity and casework continuity: it is expanding the Kokua Command Center to track shelter availability and hospital discharges and to triage calls diverted from 911.
Why it matters: The Community Services budget funds core safety-net programs — Section 8 vouchers, emergency…
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