The Portland Housing Bureau has found roughly $20 million in additional unspent funds, two city councilors say, on top of another pot of $21 million that the bureau found late last year.
The second tranche of unspent dollars, the existence of which was disclosed to councilors over the weekend and on Monday, comes as the council is currently discussing how best to use the $21 million that was found by bureau officials back in November.
Councilor Loretta Smith said in a statement that she received a call from Council President Jamie Dunphy on Sunday, informing her that an additional $21 million was discovered, this time in the bureau’s Housing Investment Fund…