Thanks in part to your advocacy and response to our Action Alert, the U.S. House passed a package of FY20 funding bills on June 25 that includes critically needed increased funding for housing and community development programs within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by a vote of 227-194.
It is important for Prosperity Indiana members to note, however, that before any spending bill can go into effect, Congress must agree to lift spending caps put in place under the Budget Control Act of 2011. If that does not occur, these programs could face 10 percent cuts across-the-board. We urge members to continue speaking to your Representative and our Senators about the need to reach agreement on such a measure.
As an overview, this House bill provides urgently needed increases, in funding for Housing Counseling, Section 202 Housing for the Elderly, Section 811 Housing for People with Disabilities, and Homeless Assistance Grants. It also includes enough funding to renew all existing Housing Choice Vouchers and Project-Based Rental Assistance contracts.
There were some amendments passed that found mechanisms to increase funding for Homeless Assistance Grants - one aimed at serving youth experiencing homelessness ($5 million) and another to study transitional housing grants ($1 million). Our Prosperity Indiana federal budget chart is below.
In terms of policy amendments of importance to PI members, there was one passed that would examine alternative methods for calculating Fair Market Rents in shifting markets with rapidly rising rents. Despite amendment proposals, the bill retained language that would prevent the administration from imposing it's mixed-status rule proposal and from amending the Equal Access rule to allow homeless shelters to deny equal treatment for transgender individuals experiencing homelessness.
Proposed Funding By Program
(In Millions)
|
Program
|
FY19 Enacted
|
FY20 Administration
|
FY20 House
|
FY20 Senate
|
FY20 Enacted
|
|
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development
|
|
|
CDBG
|
3,300
|
0
|
3,600
|
|
|
|
HOME
|
1,250
|
0
|
1,750
|
|
|
|
Tenant Based Rental Assistance
|
22,598
|
22,244
|
23,810
|
|
|
|
Project-Based Rental Assistance
|
11,747
|
12,021
|
12,590
|
|
|
|
Homeless Assistance Grants
|
2,636
|
2,599
|
2,800
|
|
|
|
Housing Counseling Assistance
|
50
|
45
|
60
|
|
|
|
Public Housing Capital Fund
|
2,775
|
0
|
2,855
|
|
|
|
Public Housing Operating Fund
|
4,653
|
2,863
|
4,753
|
|
|
|
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
|
150
|
0
|
300
|
|
|
|
Family Self-Sufficiency Program
|
80
|
75
|
100
|
|
|
|
Jobs-Plus Pilot Sufficiency Program
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
|
|
|
HOPWA
|
393
|
330
|
410
|
|
|
|
Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
Program
|
10
|
0
|
55
|
|
|
|
202 (Housing for Elderly)
|
678
|
644
|
803
|
|
|
|
811 (Housing for Persons with Disabilities)
|
184
|
157
|
259
|
|
|
|
Rental Assistance Demonstration
|
0
|
100
|
0
|
|
|
|
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
|
65
|
62
|
75
|
|
|
|
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard
|
279
|
290
|
290
|
|
|
|
Policy Development and Research
|
96
|
87
|
98
|
|
|
|
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration
|
|
|
502 Single Family Guarantee
|
24,000
|
24,000
|
24,000
|
|
|
|
502 Single Family Direct
|
1,000
|
0
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
502 Self-Help set-aside
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
521 Rental Assistance
|
1,331
|
1,375
|
1,375
|
|
|
|
515 Rental Housing Direct Loans
|
40
|
0
|
45
|
|
|
|
504 VLI Repair Loans
|
28
|
0
|
28
|
|
|
|
523 Self-Help TA
|
30
|
0
|
32
|
|
|
|
538 Rental Hsg. Guar.
|
230
|
250
|
250
|
|
|
|
Rental Prsrv. Demo. (MPR)
|
24.5
|
0
|
40
|
|
|
|
Rural Community Development Initiatives
|
6
|
0
|
8
|
|
|
|
Rental Preservation TA
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
