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FY09 Approp HUD
FY 2009 Appropriations Update for HUD Programs
Information on USDA rural housing appropriations
Information on the Administration’s budget proposal for FY 2009
Final appropriations for FY 2008
All bills and accompanying reports related to FY 2009 appropriations are or will be available at https://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app09.html.
Update March 2, 2009: Omnibus appropriations bill nears completion. An update on FY 2009 appropriations is available here.
Update September 30, 2008. President Bush has signed into law a Continuing Resolution to fund most federal programs at FY 2008 levels from the beginning of FY 2009 on October 1 through March 6, 2009. There are some exceptions. USDA Section 521 Rental Assistance would be funded at $997 million, the amount needed to renew all expiring contracts, compared to $482.1 million in FY 2008. Section 502 guarantees would receive as much as needed to cover the same amount of mortgage principal as in FY 2008. The CR also directs HUD to renew all expiring Section 8 contracts.
Update July 15, 2008. Under the bill approved by the full Senate Appropriations Committee on July 10, most HUD programs would receive increases above FY 2008 levels, as shown in the table below. HOME would get a $262 million boost. In the HUD rural housing program, a new $12 million initiative would provide funds for Native American economic development activities including housing. Most final 2009 appropriations decisions are almost certain to be postponed until after the November elections.
The committee’s report is available here.
|
HUD Program |
FY 2007 Approp. a |
FY 2008 Approp. |
FY 2009 Proposed Budget |
FY 2009 House Subcmte. |
FY 2009 Sen. Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cmty. Devel. Block Grants |
$3,771.9 |
$3,865.8 |
$3,000 |
$4,000 |
$3,889 |
|
HOME b |
1,750 |
1,704 |
1,967 |
1,654 |
1,966.6 |
|
Tenant-Based Rental Asstnce. |
15,920 |
16,426c |
16,039c |
16,571 |
16,703c |
|
Project-Based Rental Asstnce. |
5,976 |
6,381.8 |
7,000c |
7,300 |
8,450.2c |
|
Public Hsg. Capital Fund |
2,464 |
2,439 |
2,024 |
2,500 |
2,444 |
|
Public Hsg. Operating Fund |
3,864 |
4,200 |
4,300 |
4,500 |
4,400 |
|
Pub. Hsg. Revtlztn. (HOPE VI) |
99 |
100 |
0 |
120 |
100 |
|
Homeless Veterans Study |
NA |
NA |
NA |
d |
10 |
|
Homeless Assistance Grants |
1,441.6 |
1,586 |
1,636 |
1,691.7 |
1,667 |
|
Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grant |
630 |
630 |
627 |
d |
650 |
|
Hsg. Opp. for Persons w/ AIDS |
289 |
300.1 |
300.1 |
d |
315.1 |
|
202 Housing for the Elderly |
734.6 |
735 |
540 |
765 |
765 |
|
811 Housing for Disabled |
236.6 |
237 |
160 |
250 |
250 |
|
Fair Housing |
45.5 |
50 |
51 |
d |
56 |
|
Rural Hsg. and Econ. Dev. (RHED) |
17 |
17 |
0 |
d |
30 |
|
Self-Help Hmownrshp (SHOP) |
19.8 |
26.5 |
39 |
d |
27 |
|
Lead Hazard Control |
152 |
145 |
116 |
d |
145 |
|
Housing Counseling |
44.5 |
50 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
a. Figures shown for 2007 are before 1 percent across-the-board cut.
b. Housing counseling moved to separate account.
c. Includes an advance appropriation.
d. Figures not yet released by House subcommittee.
Update July 10, 2008. The Senate’sTransportation-HUD (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee met on July 9 and approved an FY 2009 spending bill. The full committee is scheduled to mark up the bill the afternoon of July 10.
The subcommittee did not release complete details about its bill, but did issue a press release with some numbers. The available figures indicate that most programs would remain at FY 2008 levels, with the exception of Native American programs. Native American Block Grant funding would increase slightly from $630 to $650 million, and a new initiative would provide funds for Native American economic development activities including housing.
June 20, 2008. The House Appropriations Subcommittees for Agriculture and Transportation-HUD (THUD) got the housing budget process underway on June 19 and 20. Some details are available; complete information will be posted here after the full House Appropriations Committee acts on these bills during the week of June 23. The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to act on a Transportation-HUD spending bill on July 10. Current predictions are that final appropriations bills may not be completed until after the fall election.
The THUD Appropriations Subcommittee approved an FY 2009 spending bill on June 20. Partial details were released, as shown in the table above. Most major HUD programs received increases above both 2008 levels and the President’s proposed budget. Click to see the Subcommittee’s press release and summary table.
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Posted: June 20, 2008
Most Recent Update: March 2, 2009
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