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On December 27, 2020 President Trump signed into law an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2021, keeping most USDA rural housing programs at their FY20 dollar levels. The bill was rolled into a package that included a coronavirus relief measure to protect U.S. residents and the economy in the midst of a surge in COVID-19 cases and the expiration of provisions adopted in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March. The final amounts are shown in the table below for USDA’s housing programs and here for HUD. Early information on the coronavirus relief portion of the bill package is posted here.

USDA Rural Dev. Prog. (dollars in millions)	FY19 Final Approp.	FY20 Final Approp.	FY21 Admin. Budget	FY21 House Bill	FY21 Senate Bill	FY21 Final Approp.
502 Single Fam. Direct Self-Help setaside*	$1,000 5*	$1,000 5*	0 0	$1,000 5*	$1,000 5*	$1,000 5*
502 Single Family Guar.	24,000	24,000	24,000	24,000	24,000	24,000
504 VLI Repair Loans	28	28	0	28	28	28
504 VLI Repair Grants	30	30	30	30	30	30
515 Rental Hsg. Direct Lns.	40	40	0	40	40	40
514 Farm Labor Hsg. Lns.	27.5	28	0	28	28	28
516 Farm Labor Hsg. Grts.	10	10	0	10	10	10
521 Rental Assistance	1,331.4	1,375	1,410**	1,410**	1,410	1,410
523 Self-Help TA	30	31	0	31	31	31
533 Hsg. Prsrv. Grants	15	15	15	15	15	15
538 Rental Hsg. Guar.	230	230	230	230	230	230
Rental Prsrv. Demo. (MPR)	24.5	28	40	30	28	28
542 Rural Hsg. Vouchers	27	32	40**	40**	34	40
Rural Cmnty. Dev’t Init.	6	6	0	6	6	6
Rental Prsrv. TA	1	1	0	0	2	2

* For the self-help setaside in Section 502 direct, the figures in the table represent budget authority, not program levels.
** The budget and the FY21 House bill would separate vouchers from MPR and move them into the Rental Assistance account. The Senate bill, and the final version, do not.

HAC would like to thank all of the organizations that expressed their support of rural housing programs!

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Congress is currently working to negotiate a fourth COVID-19 relief package. Rural housing programs have yet to receive any supplemental funding to address this growing crisis in small towns and rural communities. HAC is circulating a sign-on letter to Congressional leadership in support of including rural housing funding in the next relief package. You can view the text of the letter here. As a valued friend of HAC, we hope that you will add your organization’s name to this effort.

If you have any questions, please reach out to HAC’s Government Relations Manager, Samantha Booth, at samantha@ruralhome.org. The deadline to sign on is Wednesday, July 22nd. We appreciate your help.

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