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Housing Recovery Office funding and staffing
1:37:26
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez inquires about the funding for the Housing Recovery Office (HRO), noting a significant drop from $1.2 million in FY25 to $130,000 in out years. Edwin Pemberton provides information on the office's staffing and funding process.
- The HRO funding covers nine positions.
- Funding is adjusted annually, with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allocating money to OTI's budget each fiscal year.
- The apparent drop in funding is explained as part of the annual budgeting process, where funding is added back each fiscal year.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:37:26
Okay.
1:37:26
Okay.
1:37:28
Can I ask about the housing recovery office?
1:37:32
Just one question.
1:37:34
The preliminary plan includes 1.2 in FY '25 and a hundred and 30,000 in the out years.
1:37:40
Can you explain just the specifics in the drop off and what that office does?
Matthew C. Fraser
1:37:45
Yeah.
1:37:46
So the details around the around h r o, I would have to defer back to deputy
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:37:53
You don't have to get too too much but I guess if you can just would you be able to explain what the drop off in 01/2002 in f y twenty five and then a hundred and 30,000 in the out years?
Matthew C. Fraser
1:38:03
For the budget particulars on h r o and the shift, I defer to the deputy commissioner of management and budget.
Edwin Pemberton
1:38:11
So h r o, the funding covers nine positions.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:38:16
Mhmm.
1:38:17
Nine positions.
Edwin Pemberton
1:38:17
And and it it's annually adjusted every year, but OMB actually puts some money into our budget every fiscal year.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:38:24
And say that again.
1:38:25
I'm sorry.
Edwin Pemberton
1:38:25
Every fiscal year, we get funding for to fund those nine positions from h r o.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:38:31
Okay.
1:38:32
No.
1:38:32
I understand.
1:38:33
My question is just and maybe we can follow-up on this.
1:38:35
It's just there's a significant drop off in funding 1.2 in FY '25 and a hundred and 30,000 in the in the out years.
1:38:42
I I
Edwin Pemberton
1:38:43
is that
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:38:44
intended to still just fund those nine positions?
Edwin Pemberton
1:38:46
Exactly.
1:38:47
It keeps dropping and then it's added back every fiscal year.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:38:54
Say that again?
1:38:55
I wouldn't say that.
1:38:56
Oh, commissioner, can we or deputy commissioner, excuse me.
1:39:02
Under public safety funding, can you just confirm under OTI, is that specific to nine one one infrastructure or something else?