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Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
Funding increases for many Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs would be provided by a just-released Senate Appropriations Committee bill, including a raise for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) to $17 million from its current $12.5 million level.
— HAC’s analysis of appropriations for USDA’s rural housing programs for FY23 is available here. —
The committee’s proposal for fiscal year 2023 HUD funding does not, however, include the new $500 million Manufactured Housing Improvement and Financing Program that was adopted by the House in its HUD appropriations bill (described in more detail below). Neither the Senate bill nor its House counterpart includes the new Housing Supply Fund proposed in the administration’s budget (also described below).
The Senate bill also does not match either the House’s proposal to create 140,000 new vouchers, or the HUD budget’s proposal to add 200,000 vouchers targeted to individuals fleeing domestic violence and persons experiencing homelessness.
Some other important measures are included in the Senate committee’s bill in addition to its funding provisions. One would reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA). Another, the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, would permanently authorize the CDBG Disaster Recovery program and make other changes intended to get disaster recovery aid to survivors more quickly.
The Senate Appropriations Committee released the HUD funding bill on July 28 along with other appropriations bills for fiscal 2023, which begins on October 1, 2022. The fate of these proposals is unclear. The Senate has not scheduled action on any of them. The House has passed a “minibus” bill that combines appropriations measures for several agencies, including HUD and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but the fiscal year is expected to begin with a continuing resolution holding government spending at FY22 levels. Final appropriations are not likely to be completed until after the midterm elections in early November.
HUD Program (dollars in millions) | FY21 Final Approp. | FY22 Final Approp. | FY23 Admin. Budget | House Bill | Senate Bill |
CDBG | $3,475 | $4,841* | $3,770 | $3,300 | $3,525 |
HOME | 1,350 | 1,500 | 1,950 | 1,675 | 1,725 |
Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP) | 10 | 12.5 | 10 | 12.5 | 17 |
Veterans Home Rehab | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Tenant-Based Rental Asstnce. | 25,778 | 27,370 | 32,130 | 31,043 | 30,182 |
VASH setaside | 40 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 85 |
Tribal VASH | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Project-Based Rental Asstnce. | 13,465 | 13,940 | 15,000 | 14,940 | 14,687 |
Public Hsg. Capital Fund | 2,942 | 3,388 | 3,720 | 3,670 | 3,405 |
Public Hsg. Operating Fund | 4,864 | 5,064 | 5,060 | 5,063 | 5,064 |
Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative | 200 | 350 | 250 | 450 | 250 |
Native Amer. Hsg. | 825 | 1,002 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,052 |
Homeless Assistance Grants | 3,000 | 3,213 | 3,576 | 3,604 | 3,545 |
Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS | 430 | 450 | 455 | 600 | 468 |
202 Hsg. for Elderly | 855 | 1,033 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,033 |
811 Hsg. for Disabled | 227 | 352 | 288 | 400 | 288 |
Fair Housing | 72.6 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 85 |
Healthy Homes & Lead Haz. Cntl. | 360 | 415 | 400 | 415 | 390 |
Housing Counseling | 57.5 | 57.5 | 65.9 | 70 | 63 |
* The substantial increase in CDBG funding for FY22 was driven nearly entirely by the return, after a 10-year absence, of $1.5 billion for the Economic Development Initiative for the purpose of funding Community Projects/Congressionally Directed Spending (popularly known as “earmarks”).
July 20, 2022 – The full House of Representatives passed the HUD appropriations bill as part of a “minibus” that combines several funding bills, including those for USDA and HUD. The Senate has not yet begun actions on FY23 appropriations, and a continuing resolution is expected to be needed to begin the fiscal year on October 1, 2022.
The House’s draft FY23 appropriations bill for HUD would increase the department’s total funding above both the FY22 level and the amount requested in the administration’s budget. (See table below.) The House Appropriations Committee estimates the bill would fund more than 140,000 new housing vouchers targeted to individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness and approximately 5,600 new units for seniors and persons with disabilities.
The House’s HUD bill would provide $500 million for a new Manufactured Housing Improvement and Financing Program to preserve and revitalize manufactured homes and their communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes). Grants would be distributed through a competition, with eligible applicants including states, local governments, Tribes, nonprofits, CDFIs, resident-owned manufactured housing communities or coops, and possibly other entities. Funds could be used for “infrastructure, planning, resident and community services (including relocation assistance and eviction prevention), resiliency activities, and providing other assistance to residents or owners of manufactured homes, which may include providing assistance for manufactured housing land and site acquisition.”
House appropriators propose to increase the total funding for HOME to $1.675 billion from FY22’s $1.5 billion and to set aside $50 million of it to provide down payment assistance for first-time, first-generation home buyers.
The SHOP program would remain at its FY22 level of $12.5 million. The bill does not include funding for the small $4 million Veterans Home Rehabilitation program.
The bill would not create the Housing Supply Fund proposed in the administration’s budget.
The House Transportation-HUD appropriations subcommittee will hold a markup on June 23 and the full House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider the bill on June 30.
The Biden Administration’s budget for fiscal year 2023 proposes substantial investments in existing Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs (details are in the table below) and new initiatives targeted to:
The March 28 budget release is only the first step in the process of developing federal appropriations for the fiscal year that begins on October 1, 2022. HAC held a webinar to review the budget’s contents and what to expect over the coming months; view the slides and recording here.
The budget proposes $50 billion in mandatory spending to increase and streamline affordable housing production. HUD would administer $35 billion of this total as a Housing Supply Fund, consisting of two elements:
The remaining $15 billion in mandatory funding is to be administered by the Department of the Treasury, divided into:
Additional investments in existing HUD programs designed to complement the Housing Supply Fund grants include $2 billion in funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships program ($150 million above the FY 2022 enacted level), $100 million in funding for 1,100 new units in the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program, and 900 new units in the 811 Permanent Supportive Housing Program for Persons with Disabilities.
In addition to renewing all existing project-based rental assistance (PBRA) contracts and Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) currently in use, the budget proposes $1.6 billion in funding to expand the Housing Choice Voucher program by 200,000 subsidies – the largest one-year expansion since the program’s inception – with the incremental subsidies targeting individuals fleeing domestic violence and persons experiencing homelessness. This effort to combat homelessness is coupled with a $576 million increase in the Homeless Assistance Grants account to $3 billion. The budget also includes $445 million in mobility services connected to use of HCVs in a broad range of communities.
In addition to the sustainability and resilience incentives in the Housing Supply Fund, the HUD budget includes: