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Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
HAC’s Analysis of the FY 17 USDA Budget
According to HUD, the agency’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal “prioritizes ending family homelessness and increasing opportunity for residents of low-income neighborhoods.”
Access a recording and materials from HAC’s webinar on the FY 17 Budget.
Included in the HUD proposal is $11.3 billion in new mandatory spending aimed at ending family homelessness by 2020. Most of this funding would go toward vouchers, permanent supportive housing, and rapid rehousing assistance.
Most HUD programs, as the chart below reflects, would receive level or increased funding in the budget proposal. The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is an exception, as it faces a cut in the budget proposal. The budget also calls for increased CDBG setasides (now at 10%; proposed for 15%) for colonias areas in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
As in past budgets, small HUD programs targeted toward rural communities are not slated for funding. The Rural Innovation Fund is not mentioned and its predecessor, the Rural Housing and Economic Development program, is mentioned only to say that no funding is sought. For the fourth year in a row, there is a proposal to make the SHOP program a $10 million setaside within HOME.
Also proposed as mandatory spending is a $300 million “Local Housing Policy Grants” program for localities and regional coalitions to “…support new policies, programs or regulatory initiatives that creaste a more elastic and diverse housing supply…and demonstrate strong connections between housing, transportation, and workforce planning.” A similar program was proposed last year, but rejected by Congress.
The budget and appropriations process now moves to Congress, which will hold hearings and decide on spending bills, all pointing toward the new fiscal year beginning on Oct. 1, 2016.
The table below has more details on the 2017 proposals for HUD. [tdborder][/tdborder]
HUD Program |
FY14 |
FY15 |
FY16Budget |
FY16 |
FY17 Budget Proposal |
Cmty. Devel. Fund |
3,100 |
3,066 |
2,880 |
3,060 |
2,880 |
HOME |
1,000 |
900 |
1,060 |
950 |
950 |
Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP) |
10 |
10 |
10a |
10 |
10a |
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance |
19,177.2 |
19,304 |
21,123 |
19,628 |
20,854 |
Project-Based Rental Asstnce. |
9,516.6 |
9,330 |
10,360 |
10,622 |
10,816 |
Public Hsg. Capital Fund |
1,875 |
1,875 |
1,970 |
1,900 |
1,865 |
Public Hsg. Operating Fund |
4,400 |
4,440 |
4,600 |
4,500 |
4,569 |
Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative |
90 |
80 |
250 |
125 |
200 |
Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grant |
650 |
650 |
660 |
650 |
700 |
Homeless Assistance Grantsc |
2,105 |
2,135 |
2,480 |
2,250 |
2,664 |
Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS |
330 |
330 |
332 |
335 |
335 |
202 Hsg. for Elderly |
385.3 |
436 |
455 |
432.7 |
505 |
811 Hsg. for Disabled |
126 |
135 |
177 |
150.6 |
154 |
Fair Housing |
66 |
65.3 |
71 |
65.3 |
70 |
Healthy Homes & Lead Haz. Cntl. |
110 |
110 |
120 |
110 |
110 |
Housing Counseling |
45 |
47 |
60 |
47 |
47 |
Local Housing Policy Grants |
– |
– |
300 |
– |
300e |
a. The FY 17 Administration budget, like past budget requests, proposes to make SHOP a setaside in HOME. Congress has consistently rejected that proposal. b. The FY 16 budget would have made VASH vouchers for homeless veterans part of a new $177.5 million account covering others as well. c. Includes the Rural Housing Stability Program, which is not yet operational. d. The FY 17 budget proposes $7 million for a HUD-funded tribal VASH set-aside e. proposed as mandatory spending |