Fiscal year 2026
Cook County Housing and Redevelopment Authority Budget
DRAFT, approved as a proposed levy (Resolution 25-07)
$287,444 across 17 categories
Chart headed “Proposed 2026 HRA Levy Request DRAFT”, Exhibit 1 to Resolution No. 25-07, approved by the HRA board on June 18, 2025; the County Board approved the proposed levy on September 23, 2025. Category labels are the document's own, including its spelling. Two labels are cut off at a line break in the published chart; fuller forms in a later packet read “Support Staff Salary (1/2 time)/ Contract help” and “Technical assistance and planning”.
- Executive Director salary$94,50032.9%
- Project Development Expenses$50,00017.4%
- 38% Benefits (38%)$35,91012.5%
- Support Staff Salary (1/2 time)/$25,0008.7%
- Contingency 9%$23,7348.3%
- Audit services$13,5004.7%
- Legal Counsel$10,0003.5%
- Financial Cohsultation$10,0003.5%
- Office Lease at$5,4001.9%
- Training, travel, memberships$5,0001.7%
- Bookkeeping services$3,6001.3%
- Technical assistance and$3,0001.0%
- Office supplies and Admin$3,0001.0%
- Liability insurance for HRA$2,0000.7%
- Board per diem for Board$1,8000.6%
- County Accounting fee$1,0000.3%
- Affordable unit preservation$00.0%
- Total$287,444100%
DRAFT. From the HRA's draft 2026 budget (Resolution 25-07, Exhibit 1), approved by the HRA board on June 18, 2025 and by the County Board as a proposed levy. Category labels are the document's own, including its spellings.
Where the money comes from
The 2026 budget is funded by a County Levy Request of $287,444, the whole budget total. No breakdown exists to publish: the only other funding line the chart prints, Affordable unit preservation under Other County Funding, is a dash ($0) for 2026.