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Congress Passes Budget For 2014
CONGRESS PASSES BUDGET FOR 2014
By a bipartisan vote of 72-26 the Senate on Jan. 16 passed the omnibus FY 2014 spending package. President Obama is expected to sign it by by the latest CR deadline of Jan. 18. This is the first full federal appropriations law enacted in over a decade. Congress rejected the Obama administration’s attempts to cut USDA rural housing programs. Most HUD programs also received good funding levels. The President’s proposed FY 2015 budget will apparently be late this year, coming out in March rather than early February.
Updated Jan. 17, 2014
SPENDING BILL NEARS COMPLETION
The House of Representatives on Jan. 15 passed the FY 2014 omnibus spending bill (HR 3457) by a bipartisan vote of 359-67. The Senate is considering the package and expected to pass it on Jan. 17. A new brief continuing resolution is in place through Jan. 18.
Updated Jan. 16, 2014
CONGRESS TO VOTE ON FINAL 2014 BUDGET
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees on January 13 unveiled a final FY 2014 omnibus spending bill, with voting on the package scheduled this week. The current continuing resolution expires January 15, but Congress is expected to pass another CR through January 18, allowing time for consideration and passage of the omnibus package. HAC will continue to post further updates.
Rural housing cuts avoided. USDA rural housing programs did not suffer the cuts originally proposed by the Obama USDA budget. Sec. 502 direct loans received $900 million, Sec. 521 rental assistance got $1.11 billion, and Sec. 515 rental loans, $28 million. The bill also directs that communities currently eligible for USDA rural housing assistance will remain so through the end of the fiscal year. In addition, it expands the Section 502 packaging demonstration, directing USDA to contract with five intermediaries.[tdborder][/tdborder]
|
USDA Rural Devel. Prog. |
FY13 |
FY14 Admin. Budget |
FY14 |
FY14 |
FY14 |
|
502 Single Fam. Direct |
$900 |
$360 |
$820.2 |
$900 |
$900 |
|
502 Single Family Guar. |
24,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
|
504 VLI Repair Loans |
28 |
26.3 |
25.4 |
26.3 |
26.3 |
|
504 VLI Repair Grants |
29.5 |
25 |
18.6 |
28.7 |
28.7 |
|
515 Rental Hsg. Direct |
31.3 |
28.4 |
28.4 |
28.4 |
28.4 |
|
514 Farm Labor Hsg. Loans |
20.8 |
23.5 |
23.9 |
23.9 |
23.9 |
|
516 Farm Labor Hsg. Grts. |
7.1 |
14 |
8.2 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
|
521 Rental Assistance |
907.1 |
1,015 |
1,012 |
1,015 |
1,110 |
|
523 Self-Help TA |
30 |
10 |
17.1 |
25 |
25 |
|
533 Hsg. Prsrv. Grants |
3.6 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
|
538 Rental Hsg. Guar. |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
|
Rental Prsrv. Demo. (MPR) |
17.8 |
20 |
17.3 |
20 |
20 |
|
Rental Prsrv. Revlg. Lns. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
542 Rural Hsg. Vouchers |
10 |
12.6 |
9.7 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
|
Rural Cmnty. Dev’t Init. |
6.1 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
| a. Figures do not include 5% sequester or 2.5% across the board cut. | |||||
HUD programs have some cuts, some increases. In the final FY 2014 omnibus spending bill, HUD’s programs received a mix of level funding, reductions, and increases. HOME is at $1 billion, the same as in 2013, but CDBG is reduced. Programs with increases include tenant- and project-based rental assistance, homeless assistance, public housing operating, and Sec. 202 elderly housing. In addition to HOME, programs with level funding include Native American housing and housing counseling. In addition to CDBG, other accounts with cuts are public housing capital, fair housing, AIDS housing, Sec. 811 for the disabled, SHOP, and healthy homes.
|
HUD Program |
FY13 Final Approp.a |
FY14 Admin. Budget |
FY14 |
FY14 |
FY14 |
|
Cmty. Devel. Fund |
3,308 |
3,143 |
1,697 |
3,295 |
3,100 |
|
HOME |
1,000 |
950 |
700 |
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
Tenant-Based Rental Asstnce. |
18,939.4 |
19,989.2 |
18,610.6 |
19,592.2 |
19,177.2 |
|
Project-Based Rental Asstnce. |
9,339.7 |
9,872 |
9,450.7 |
10,772 |
9,516.6 |
|
Public Hsg. Capital Fund |
1,886 |
2,000 |
1,500 |
2,000 |
1,875 |
|
Public Hsg. Operating Fund |
4,262 |
4,600 |
4,262 |
4,600 |
4,400 |
|
Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative |
120 |
400 |
0d |
250 |
90 |
|
Housing Trust Fund |
c |
1,000 |
c |
c |
– |
|
Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grant |
650 |
650 |
600 |
675 |
650 |
|
Homeless Assistance Grants |
2,033 |
2,381 |
2,088 |
2,261 |
2,105 |
|
Rural Hsg. Stability Prog. |
b |
5 |
b |
b |
b |
|
Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS |
334 |
332 |
300 |
332 |
330 |
|
202 Hsg. for Elderly |
377 |
400 |
375 |
400 |
383.5 |
|
811 Hsg. for Disabled |
165 |
126 |
126 |
126 |
126 |
|
Fair Housing |
70.8 |
71 |
55.8 |
70 |
66 |
|
Healthy Homes & Lead Haz. Cntl. |
120 |
120 |
50 |
120 |
110 |
|
Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP) |
13.5 |
10 |
10 |
13.5 |
10 |
|
Housing Counseling |
45 |
55 |
35 |
55 |
45 |
|
a. Figures shown do not include 5% sequester. |
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