HUD appropriations bills advance
Spending bills to fund HUD in FY 2011 moved ahead in both House and Senate in late July. The House on July 30 passed H.R. 5850, a Transportation-HUD appropriations bill, retaining the levels passed earlier by the Appropriations Committee and fending off floor efforts to cut programs. The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 22 passed S. 3644, their version of the bill. Both bills rejected the Obama Administration’s proposals to cut HOME and Sec. 202 and eliminate SHOP and the new Rural Innovation Fund. Final decisions on 2011 appropriations will not occur until a post-election lame duck Congressional session or later. See the table below for more details.
|
HUD Program |
FY 2010 Approp. |
President's |
FY 2011 House-passed THUD Bill |
FY 2011 Senate Comm. THUD Bill (S. 3644) |
|
Cmty. Devel. Block Grants Sustainable Commun. Init. |
$4,450 (150) |
4,380.1 (150) |
4,352.1 (150) |
4,450 (150) |
|
HOME |
1,825 |
1,650 |
1,825 | 1,825 |
|
Tenant-Based Rental Asstnce. |
16,339 |
17,310 |
17,225 | 17,165 |
|
Project-Based Rental Asstnce. |
8,551.5 |
9,382.3 |
9,382.3 | 9,382.3 |
|
Transforming Rental Asstnce. (c) |
- | 350 | 0 | 0 |
|
Vets. Affairs Spptve Hsg. Vouchers |
75 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
|
Public Hsg. Capital Fund |
2,500 | 2,044 | 2,500 | 2,510 |
|
Public Hsg. Operating Fund |
4,775 | 4,829 | 4,829 | 4,829 |
|
Public Hsg. Revtlztn. (HOPE VI) |
135 | 0 | 200 | 0 |
|
Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative (d) |
65 | 250 | 0 | 250 |
|
Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grant |
700 | 580 | 700 | 700 |
|
Homeless Assistance Grants |
1,865 | 2,055 | 2,055 | 2,055 |
|
Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS |
335 | 340 | 350 | 340 |
|
202 Hsg. for Elderly |
825 | 273 | 825 | 825 |
|
811 Hsg. for Disabled |
300 | 90 | 300 | 200 |
|
Fair Housing |
72 | 61 | 72 | 70.4 |
|
Rural Hsg. & Econ. Dev. (RHED)(e) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Control |
140 | 140 | 140 | 140 |
|
Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP) |
27 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| Brownfields Redevelopmen | 17.5 | 0 | 17.5 | 0 |
|
Housing Counseling |
87.5 | 88 | 88 | 100 |
a. New program replacing Rural Housing & Economic Development.
b. New program for economic development and gap financing for community revitalization.
c. New program for rental preservation, efficiency and resident choice.
d. Demonstration initially proposed in FY 2010 budget to replace HOPE VI.
e. Replaced by Rural Innovation Fund.
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Posted: August 2, 2010
HUD, USDA spending bills for FY 2011 approved by House Subcommittees
Congressional appropriators on June 30 and July 1 began the first steps toward an FY 2011 budget for HUD and USDA rural housing programs. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture met June 30 and reported out a bill to fund USDA and several other agencies. Full details are not yet known on the rural housing programs. But a summary table shows Rural Housing Service loans and grants funded at $1.322 billion. This is $101.8 million below the 2010 level but $71.9 million above the President’s budget request. The National Rural Housing Coalition predicts the bill will most likely maintain rural housing programs at 2010 levels.
The Transportation-HUD Subcommittee met July 1 and renewed most HUD programs, with increases for some. Rejecting HUD’s proposals to cut or eliminate HOME, Indian housing, Sec. 202, Sec. 811, SHOP, and the Rural Innovation Fund, the Subcommittee continued all those programs at 2010 levels. But the panel also declined to fund several new ideas proposed in the President’s budget, including Transforming Rental Assistance, Catalytic Investments, and Capacity Building. See the table above for HUD details.
Information on both bills, including lists of earmarks, is available at http://appropriations.house.gov. Complete details will be available after the full House Appropriations Committee considers the bills, probably later in July. Senate budget writers have not yet scheduled mark ups. For more information from Housing Assistance Council, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Posted: July 2, 2010
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