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Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Second CR will include HUD • USDA appropriations completed • Committee acts to create consumer agency • CDFI Fund offers housing counseling money • HUD suggests Logic Model for ICDBG grantees • OMB emphasizes place-based strategies for 2011 budget
October 28 , 2009
Vol. 38, No. 22
SECOND CR WILL INCLUDE HUD. House-Senate conference committee members have not yet met to discuss the FY 2010 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill. Those agencies and others will be funded temporarily through a second continuing resolution, expected to be effective through December 18. It remains unclear whether the final T‑HUD bill will pass as a stand-alone measure or be folded into an omnibus with other appropriations bills.
HUD Program |
FY 2009 |
FY 2010 |
FY 2010 |
FY 2010 |
Cmty. Devel. Block Grants |
$3,900 |
$4,450 |
$4,599 |
$4,450 |
HOME |
1,825 |
1,825 |
1,995 |
1,825 |
Housing Trust Fund |
– |
1,000 |
0 (b) |
0 (b) |
Tenant-Based Rental Asstnce. |
16,217 |
17,836 |
18,242 |
18,100 |
Project-Based Rental Asstnce. |
7,100 |
8,100 |
8,306 |
8,100 |
Public Hsg. Capital Fund |
2,450 |
2,244 |
2,500 |
2,500 |
Public Hsg. Operating Fund |
4,455 |
4,600 |
4,800 |
4,750 |
Public Hsg. Revtlztn. (HOPE VI) |
120 |
0 |
250 |
0 |
Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative (c) |
– |
250 |
0 |
250 |
Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grant |
645 |
645 |
750 |
670 |
Native Hawaiian Hsg. Block Grant |
10 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
Homeless Assistance Grants |
1,677 |
1,794 |
1,850 |
1,875 |
Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS |
310 |
310 |
350 |
320 |
202 Hsg. for Elderly |
765 |
765 |
1,000 |
785 |
811 Hsg. for Disabled |
248 |
250 |
350 |
265 |
Fair Housing |
54 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
Rural Hsg. & Econ. Dev. (RHED) |
26 |
0 (d) |
0 (d) |
0 (d) |
Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP) |
26.5 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
Lead Hazard Control |
140 |
140 |
140 |
140 |
Housing Counseling |
65 |
100 |
75 |
100 |
Transformation Initiative (e) |
– |
20 |
20 |
20 |
Energy Innovation Fund |
– |
100 |
50 |
75 |
a. Proposed new initiatives under CDBG. b. Bills in both houses would finance the NHTF separately. c. Proposed replacement for HOPE VI. d. $25 million new initiative proposed under CDBG. e. New initiative to combat mortgage fraud.
USDA APPROPRIATIONS COMPLETED. President Obama signed the bill October 21. Funding levels are posted at https://ruralhome.org; the law’s text is at https://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app10.html.
COMMITTEE ACTS TO CREATE CONSUMER AGENCY. On October 22 the House Financial Services Committee approved H.R. 3126, a bill to establish a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, aiming to protect Americans from abusive financial products and services such as predatory mortgages. Visit https://thomas.loc.gov for a copy of the bill or https://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/financialsvcs_dem/pressCFPA_102209.shtml for a summary.
CDFI FUND OFFERS HOUSING COUNSELING MONEY. A new pilot program will fund certified housing counseling agencies to educate prospective homebuyers. Deadline is November 19. See Federal Register, 10/16/09 or https://www.cdfifund.gov. Contact CDFI Fund staff, 202-622-6355, cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov.
HUD SUGGESTS LOGIC MODEL FOR ICDBG GRANTEES. Comments are due December 22 on a proposal to require Indian CDBG recipients to prepare the Logic Model already required for other competitive HUD programs. See Federal Register, 10/23/09, or https://www.regulations.gov. Contact Deborah Lalancette, HUD, 303-675-1600.
OMB EMPHASIZES PLACE-BASED STRATEGIES FOR 2011 BUDGET. An August 11 Office of Management and Budget memo asks federal agencies to use place-based strategies in their FY 2011 budget proposals, noting that rural places and Indian Country face special challenges and that it is important to coordinate rural development programs with broader regional initiatives. Visit https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_fy2009/m09-28.pdf.
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