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Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
Senate’s HUD Funding Bill Lower than House for Many Programs
On September 19, 2019 the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal year 2020 funding bill for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. It would keep most HUD programs at or above their current funding levels, though it differs from the bill passed by the House in June. The Senate measure rejects increases proposed in the House bill for the CDBG and HOME programs, Native American housing, the Public Housing Operating Fund, Choice Neighborhoods, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, Section 202 elderly housing, Section 811 for people with disabilities, fair housing and housing counseling.
Both the House and Senate bills adopt an increase proposed in the Administration’s budget for lead hazard reduction, raising the program from $279 million in FY19 to $290 million for FY20.
Both the House and Senate propose to keep the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) at $10 million, the same amount as in FY19. The Senate includes $4 million for the new veterans home rehabilitation program, which is not funded in the House bill.
HUD Appropriations
| HUD Program (dollars in millions) |
|||||
| CDBG |
$3,300 |
$3,300 | 0 | $3,600 | $3,325 |
| HOME |
1,362 |
1,250 | 0 | 1,750 | 1,250 |
| Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP) |
10 |
10 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Veterans Home Rehab |
4 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tenant-Based Rental Asstnce. VASH setaside Tribal VASH |
22,015 |
22,598 40 4 |
22,244 0 4 |
23,810 40 5 |
23,833 40 1 |
| Project-Based Rental Asstnce. |
11,515 |
11,747 | 12,021 | 12,590 | 12,560 |
| Public Hsg. Capital Fund |
2,750 |
2,775 | 0 | 2,855 | 2,855 |
| Public Hsg. Operating Fund |
4,550 |
4,653 | 2,863 | 4,753 | 4,650 |
| Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative |
150 |
150 | 0 | 300 | 100 |
| Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grt. |
655 |
655 | 600 | 671 | 646 |
| Homeless Assistance Grants |
2,513 |
2,636 | 2,599 | 2,800 | 2,761 |
| Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS |
375 |
393 | 330 | 410 | 330 |
| 202 Hsg. for Elderly |
678 |
678 | 644 | 803 | 696 |
| 811 Hsg. for Disabled |
230 |
184 | 157 | 258.5 | 184 |
| Fair Housing |
65.3 |
65.3 | 62 | 75.3 | 65.3 |
| Healthy Homes & Lead Haz. Cntl. |
230 |
279 | 290 | 290 | 290 |
| Housing Counseling |
55 |
50 | 45 | 60 | 45 |