To address the housing needs of hundreds of homeless families, Gray wants a $1 million increase to the emergency rental assistance program and a $1 million increase to rapid rehousing. Both of these increases are part of the 500 Families, 100 Days program he announced during the State of the District. Gray said an estimated 250 units have already been identified for the program.

The affordable housing proposal also includes a $1 million increase in the home purchase assistance program, $300,000 for a Ward 7 and 8 homeownership campaign and a $250,000 increase to the Office of the Tenant Advocate’s emergency housing funding.

Under the proposed budget, the city would make an additional $116 million investment in education ($112 million for D.C. Public Schools and Public Charter Schools, $4.2 million for the infant and toddler program). The budget sets aside $409 million for school modernization, primarily for high schools ($205 million) and elementary schools ($183.6 million).

The budget does not fund Councilmember and mayoral candidate David Catania’s D.C. Promise scholarship bill, which was approved by the Council, over fears that it would compromise the federally-funded D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program.

On the transportation front, the budget calls for $810 million for streetcar built-out. The Circulator system would see $5.1 million for expanded routes, $49 million for new buses, and $41 million for a bus garage.

In a victory for advocates, the budget calls for $193,000 for a mobile library at the D.C. jail. A $3 million adult literacy investment can be found in the additional revenue priority list. Statehood also gets attention in the budget, with Gray calling for $100,000 for a statehood delegation.

With federal funds, the total budget is $10.7 billion.