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FY11 Budget HUD
Information about FY11 funding for USDA’s rural housing programs is available here.
MANY HUD PROGRAMS, INCLUDING RURAL INNOVATION FUND, CUT in Final CR for FY11
The final continuing resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2011, which will fund the federal government from April 16 through September 30, 2011, eliminates HUD’s Housing Counseling program and Rural Innovation Fund.
Funding for Section 202 elderly housing and Section 811 housing for people with disabilities would be cut in half. CDBG, HOME, public housing, NAHASDA, and some others would be reduced.
HAC has not yet learned whether HUD will issue an FY11 NOFA for the Rural Innovation Fund offering the amount authorized by the continuing resolutions covering the period from October 1, 2010 through April 15, 2011. Funding recipients under the FY10 NOFA, which had a February 23 application deadline, have not yet been announced.
Details are shown in the table below (parentheses indicate amounts that are included in totals).
|
HUD Program |
FY 2010 Approp. |
FY11 Admin. Budget |
FY11 House Proposed CR (H.R. 1) |
FY11 Final CR (H.R. 1473) (d) |
FY12 Admin. Budget |
|
Cmty. Devel. Block Grants Sustainable Commun. Init. |
$4,450 (150) |
$4,380.1 (150) |
$1,500 0 |
$3,508 (100) |
$3,781 0 |
|
HOME |
1,825 |
1,650 |
1,650 |
1,610 |
1,650 |
|
Tenant-Based Rental Asstnce. |
18,184 |
19,551 |
18,080 (75) |
18,408 (50) |
19,223 (75) |
|
Project-Based Rental Asstnce. |
8,551.5 |
9,382.3 |
9,282 | 8,882 | 9,429 |
|
Transforming Rental Asstnce. (b) |
– | 350 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
|
Public Hsg. Capital Fund |
2,500 | 2,044 | 1,428 | 2,044 | 2,405 |
|
Public Hsg. Operating Fund |
4,775 | 4,829 | 4,626 | 4,626 | 3,962 |
|
Public Hsg. Revtlztn. (HOPE VI) |
135 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
|
Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative (c) |
65 | 250 | 65 | 0 | 250 |
|
Housing Trust Fund |
– | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 |
|
Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grant |
700 | 580 | 500 | 650 | 700 |
|
Homeless Assistance Grants |
1,865 | 2,055 | 1,865 | 1,905 | 2,372 |
|
Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS |
335 | 340 | 335 | 335 | 335 |
|
202 Hsg. for Elderly |
825 | 273 | 238 | 400 | 757 |
|
811 Hsg. for Disabled |
300 | 90 | 90 | 150 | 196 |
|
Fair Housing |
72 | 61 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
|
Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Cntl. |
140 | 140 | 120 | 120 | 140 |
|
Sustainable Communities Initiative |
– | – | 0 | – | 150 |
|
Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP) |
27 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Brownfields Redevelopment | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Housing Counseling |
87.5 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
a. Replaces the Rural Housing & Economic Development program.
b. New programs proposed by the Administration.
c. Demonstration initially proposed in FY 2010 budget to replace HOPE VI.
d. Figures shown do not include 0.2% across the board reduction
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HOUSE PASSES H.R. 1 WITH HOUSING CUTS, ACTION SHIFTS TO SENATE
On February 19, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, a continuing resolution for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, without changes to the housing program levels explained below. Congress is not in session the week of February 21. The Senate will begin considering the continuing resolution when it returns the week of February 28. It is not clear whether a bill will be completed by that Friday, March 4, when the current continuing resolution expires.
H.R. 1 WOULD KEEP MOST USDA RURAL HOUSING AT FY10 LEVELS but would Cut many HUD programs
Feb. 17, 2011 – H.R. 1, introduced on February 11 to fund the federal government for the rest of FY 2011, would fund most USDA rural housing programs at FY 2010 levels, although it would eliminate funding for preservation of rural rental housing. HUD funds would be cut more severely: H.R. 1 would eliminate two-thirds of the funding for CDBG and more than two-thirds for Section 202 and Section 811. It would eliminate housing counseling funds and would reduce funding for HOME, public housing, and Native American housing. It would continue funding for the Rural Innovation Fund and SHOP.
Details on H.R. 1’s proposals for USDA programs are available in the table here and for HUD are available here.
The House of Representatives is expected to pass H.R. 1 on February 17 or 18. President Obama has said he will veto this bill or other similar measures. The Senate will consider funding for the rest of FY11 the week of February 28, after a President’s Day recess.
CONTINUING RESOLUTION EXTENDED TO MARCH 4, 2011
Dec. 22, 2010 – The federal government will operate through March 4 under a continuing resolution that keeps HUD programs and USDA rural housing programs at their FY 2010 levels. The new 112th Congress will make funding decisions covering the remainder of FY 2011. The text of the CR is available at https://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app11.html.
APPROPRIATIONS BILL WITHDRAWN – NEW CR LIKELY THROUGH FEBRUARY
Congress will likely enact a continuing resolution to keep the federal government in business until February. The current CR expires on Dec. 18. Final spending decisions for FY 2011 will come in the new 112th Congress. On Dec. 16 Senate Democrats abandoned efforts to pass a recently introduced omnibus spending bill for all of FY 2011. That bill would have increased USDA Sec. 502 direct loans to $1.8 billion and kept most other HUD and rural housing programs at 2010 levels.
Continuing Resolution Begins FY 2011 at 2010 Funding Levels
October 1, 2010 – Congress has passed, and President Obama signed, a continuing resolution that funds the federal government through December 3, 2010. USDA and HUD programs, as well as most others, are continued at FY 2010 levels, including the $697 million added to the Section 502 guarantee program in the July 2010 supplemental appropriations act. USDA is again authorized to waive fees for Section 502 guaranteed loans, as it was in the supplemental appropriations act. The full text of H.R. 3081, the 2011 Continuing Appropriations Act, is available here.
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 https://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 joe@ruralhome.org or leslie@ruralhome.org.
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Posted: July 2, 2010
If you have problems accessing any of the material on this page, contact Leslie Strauss at HAC, leslie@ruralhome.org, 202-842-8600.
HUD BUDGET PROPOSES CUTS FOR MANY PROGRAMS IN FY 2011.
The Obama Administration’s budget proposes some increases but also many reductions for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2010. Cuts are proposed for CDBG, HOME, Indian housing, Sections 202 and 811, fair housing, and the Public Housing Capital Fund. The Housing Trust Fund would be funded at $1 billion, and increases are proposed for homelessness programs, rental assistance, the Public Housing Operating Fund, and Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS.
For the first time since the late 1990s a President’s budget proposes to eliminate the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP). The budget says HUD will urge state and local administrators of the HOME program to fund SHOP projects.
No funding is requested for the new Rural Innovation Fund, which replaced the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program in 2010 appropriations, at HUD’s urging. The budget also proposes new initiatives on “Transforming Rental Assistance” and “Catalytic Investments.” See the table above for details.
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