Jacksonville Council Passes $2B Budget, Restores $4.9M Affordable Housing Trust

Jacksonville affordable housing budget restored as City Council passes FY27 plan

By Mike Joe JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, approved a roughly $2 billion fiscal year 2027 budget on an 18-1 vote and restored $4.9 million to an affordable housing trust fund that the Finance Committee had earlier stripped, according to Jacksonville Today reporting by Mike Mendenhall published Sept. 23, … Read more