The city budget proposed for the year starting July 1 would shut down the truck and reassign firefighters, leaving a ladder truck and an ambulance on Munjoy Hill.

City Manager Jon Jennings has proposed phasing out the Community Support Fund, which was created in 2015 in response to state budget cuts.

The so-called ‘housing first’ approach creates stability and takes pressure off shelters, but so far, the suburbs aren’t buying into it.