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Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
FY18 Spending Agreement Increases Funds for Some Housing Programs
Congressional negotiatiors agreed March 21, 2018 on an omnibus appropriations package for FY18, the fiscal year that began October 1, 2017. The bill is expected to pass both the House and Senate, and to be signed into law by President Trump, before midnight on March 23. The bill maintains or increases funding levels for both USDA and HUD housing programs. In fact, because the cap on FY18 spending levels was raised, funding levels for several programs were increased above the amounts in both the House and Senate FY18 bills. These include Section 502 direct homeownership loans, Section 515 direct rental loans, Section 542 vouchers, and others at USDA. At HUD, there are increases for HOME, CDBG, Section 202, Section 811, the Public Housing Capital Fund, tenant-based and project-based vouchers, and others.
The final bill does not include the Rural Economic Infrastructure Grants proposed in the Administration’s FY18 budget.
Congress has recently taken the first steps towards FY19 funding decisions, beginning to hold hearings on the Administration’s budget requests. HAC will continue to report on this process as it moves forward.
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USDA Rural Dev. Prog. |
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|
502 Single Fam. Direct |
$900 |
$1,000 |
$900 |
$1,000 |
$1,100 |
|
502 Single Family Guar. |
24,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
|
504 VLI Repair Loans |
26.3 |
26.3 |
24 |
26.3 |
28 |
|
504 VLI Repair Grants |
28.7 |
28.7 |
a |
28.7 |
30 |
|
515 Rental Hsg. Direct Lns. |
28.4 |
35 |
28.4 |
35 |
40 |
|
514 Farm Labor Hsg. Lns. |
23.9 |
23.9 |
15 |
23.8 |
23 |
|
516 Farm Labor Hsg. Grts. |
8.3 |
8.3 |
6 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
|
521 Rental Assistance |
1,390 |
1,405 |
1,345 |
1,345 |
1,345 |
|
523 Self-Help TA |
27.5 |
30 |
25 |
30 |
30 |
|
533 Hsg. Prsrv. Grants |
3.5 |
5 |
a |
5 |
10 |
|
538 Rental Hsg. Guar. |
150 |
230 |
230 |
230 |
230 |
|
Rental Prsrv. Demo. (MPR) |
22 |
22 |
15 |
22 |
22 |
|
542 Rural Hsg. Vouchers |
15 |
19.4 |
20 |
19.4 |
25 |
|
Rural Cmnty. Dev’t Init. |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
a. Section 504 grants and Section 533 grants would have been rolled into a new Rural Economic Infrastructure Grant program. This change is not included in the final bill.
| HUD Program (dollars in millions) |
FY18 House Bill (H.R. 3353) |
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|
CDBG |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$2,900 |
3,000 |
3,300 |
|
HOME |
950 |
950 |
850 |
950 |
1,362 |
|
Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP) |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
Veterans Home Rehab |
5.7 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Tenant-Based RA |
19,628 |
20,292 |
20,487 |
21,365 |
22,015 |
|
Project-Based Rental Asstnce. |
10,622 |
10,816 |
11,082 |
11,507 |
11,515 |
|
Public Hsg. Capital Fund |
1,900 |
1,942 |
1,850 |
1,945 |
2,750 |
|
Public Hsg. Operating Fund |
4,500 |
4,400 |
4,400 |
4,500 |
4,550 |
|
Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative |
125 |
137.5 |
20 |
50 |
150 |
|
Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grant |
650 |
654 |
654 |
655 |
655 |
|
Homeless Assistance Grants |
2,250 |
2,383 |
2,383 |
2,456 |
2,513 |
|
Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS |
335 |
356 |
356 |
330 |
375 |
|
202 Hsg. for Elderly |
432.7 |
502.4 |
573 |
573 |
678 |
|
811 Hsg. for Disabled |
150.6 |
146.2 |
147 |
147 |
230 |
|
Fair Housing |
65.3 |
65.3 |
65.3 |
65.3 |
65 |
|
Healthy Homes & Lead Haz. Cntl. |
110 |
145 |
130 |
160 |
230 |
|
Housing Counseling |
47 |
55 |
50 |
47 |
55 |
