Due to the city’s ongoing budget crunch, newly-elected Nashville Mayor John Cooper has proposed to cut funding in half for the Barnes Fund for Affordable Housing. The city faces an estimated budget shortfall of $41.5 million. Mayor Cooper indicated the city would only award $5 million in Barnes Fund Grants this year. The Barnes Fund was formed in 2013 and and has invested $37 million to date in affordable housing projects.
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