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Jennifer Emerling / There Is More Work To Be Done

FY10 Budget

UPDATE: USDA SPENDING LEVELS SET, CR APPROVED.

House and Senate negotiators on Sept. 30 reached agreement on a fiscal year 2010 agriculture appropriations bill. Full details are not yet available, but the National Rural Housing Coalition (NRHC) reports that Section 502 direct single-family, Section 515 multi-family and most other rural housing programs will be funded at 2009 levels. NRHC also reports that rural housing assistance grants received $45 million, farmworker housing $19.7 million, rental assistance $980 million, and multi-family preservation $43 million. HR 2997 now moves to the full House and Senate for approval.
Also on Sept. 30 Congress completed and sent to the President a continuing resolution to keep federal programs operating as the new 2010 fiscal year begins. Attached to the legislative branch appropriations bill (HR 2918), the CR runs through Oct. 31. Conferees to negotiate a final Transportation-HUD spending bill for 2010 are expected to meet soon.

Posted: October 1, 2009
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CR Nears Completion.

The House of Representatives adopted a stopgap continuing resolution on Sept. 25 to keep government agencies funded through October 31. The Senate is expected to approve the CR by October 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year. This move will allow Congress to complete work on 2010 appropriations bills. House-Senate conferences to resolve differences between bills are expected to begin next week.

Posted: September 25, 2009

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STOPGAP SPENDING MEASURE PLANNED

Congress this week is expected to pass a continuing resolution to fund federal programs as the new fiscal year begins. Reports are that the continuing resolution will go through October at least. No FY 2010 appropriations bills have passed in final form for the new year starting Oct. 1. House- and Senate-passed bills to fund USDA and HUD await conference committees to resolve differences. For details of the HUD bill see below.

Posted: September 21, 2009

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Obama Administration’s Detailed Budget Holds Most Rural Housing Programs Steady

HAC’s analysis of the USDA RD and HUD budgets is available here (PDF file).

The Administration’s USDA budget would provide $1.25 billion for black farmers whose discrimination complaints have not yet been settled. To read USDA’s press release visit https://www.usda.gov and click Newsroom.

USDA Rural Development Program
(dollars in millions)

FY 2007 Approp. a

FY 2008 Approp.

FY 2009 Approp.

FY 2010 Proposed Budget

Loans

502 Single Fam. Direct

$1,141

$1,129.4

$1,121.5

$1,121

502 Single Family Guar.

3,681

4,220

6,223.9

6.2

504 Very Low-inc. Repair

35

34.7

34.4

34.4

514 Farm Labor Hsg.

38

27.7

20

22

515 Rental Hsg. Direct

100

70

69.5

69.5

538 Rental Hsg. Guar.

100

130

129.1

129.1

Rental Prsrv. Revlg. Loans

3

3

2.9

1.8

Grants and Payments

504 Very Low-inc. Repair

30

30

29.7

31.6

516 Farm Labor Hsg.

14

10

9.1

9

523 Self-Help TA

34

39

38.7

38.7

533 Hsg. Prsrv. Grants

10

9

8.9

9.4

521 Rental Assistance b

616

482.1

902.5

1,091

Preservation RA

6

New Construction 515 RA

2.03

New Constr. 514/516 RA

3.4

542 Rural Hsg. Vouchers

16

5

5

5

Rental Prsrv. Demo. (MPR)

9

20

20

19.8

Rural Cmnty. Dev’t Init.

6

6.3

6.3

6.3

a. Figures shown for FY 2007 are before 1 percent across-the-board cut.
b. Rental Assistance contracts were for four years in FY 2006, for two years in FY 2007, and for one year in FY 2008 and 2009. The budget proposes one-year contracts in 2010.

To access the budget visit https://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/index.html.

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Posted: May 7, 2009
Updated: May 20, 2009

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