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 (dollars in millions)	FY 2009 Approp.	FY 2010 Admin. Budget	FY 2010 House H.R. 3288	FY 2010 Senate H.R. 3288
Cmty. Devel. Block Grants Sustainable Commun. Init.(a) Rural Innovation Fund (a) University Community Fund (a)	$3,900 – – –	$4,450 (150) (25) (25)	$4,599 (150) (25) (25)	$4,450 (150) (25) (0)
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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