June 5, 2014. The full Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY15 Transportation-HUD bill. HAC will post details of the funding levels here as soon as they are available.

Committee chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) announced she is working with Senate leadership to bring this and other appropriations bills to the floor beginning on June 16.

June 3, 2014. On June 3 the Senate Transportation-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee approved a bill to fund the Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2015. The full Senate Appropriations Committee will meet June 5 to consider the bill. Full details are not yet available, but a statement released by full committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) has some highlights:

• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): $3.02 billion
• HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME): $950 million (as opposed to $700 million in the House bill)
• Section 8 Rental Assistance: $19.6 billion for tenant base rental assistance (including $75 million for HUD-VASH to provide housing for 10,000 additional homeless veterans)
• Section 8 Project-based Rental Assistance (PBRA): $9.7 billion
• Homeless Assistance Grants: $2.15 billion
• Choice Neighborhoods: $90 million
• Public Housing: $1.9 billion for the public housing capital fund and $4.48 billion for the public housing operating fund
• Native American Housing Programs: $720 million, of which $70 million is for the Indian Community Development Block Grant program.

HAC will post further information as it becomes available.