HAC News: August 4, 2010

August 4, 2010
Vol. 39, No. 16

HUD FUNDING BILLS ADVANCE. On July 30 the House passed H.R. 5850, a Transportation-HUD appropriations bill for FY 2011, retaining the levels passed earlier by the Appropriations Committee and fending off floor efforts to cut programs. The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 22 passed S. 3644, its version of the bill. Both bills rejected the Administration’s proposals to cut HOME and Section 202 and to eliminate SHOP and the new Rural Innovation Fund. Final decisions on 2011 funding will not occur until after the November elections. The bills are online at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app11.html.

HUD Program
(dollars in millions)

FY 2010
Approp.

FY 2011 Budget
Proposal

 FY 2011
House
(H.R.5850)		 FY 2011
Senate Comm.
(S. 3644)

Cmty. Devel. Block Grants

Sustainable Commun. Init.
Rural Innovation Fund (a)
Catalytic Investment Grants (b)

$4,450

(150)
(25)
-

4,380.1

(150)
0
(150)

4,352.1

(150)
(25)
0

4,450

(150)
(25)
0

HOME

1,825

1,650

 1,825 1,825

Tenant-Based Rental Asstnce.

16,339

17,310

 17,225 17,165

Project-Based Rental Asstnce.

 8,551.5

9,382.3

 9,382.3 9,382.3

Transforming Rental Asstnce. (b)

 - 350 0 0

Vets. Affairs Spptve Hsg. Vouchers

 75 0 75 75

Public Hsg. Capital Fund

 2,500 2,044 2,500 2,510

Public Hsg. Operating Fund

 4,775 4,829 4,829 4,829

Public Hsg. Revtlztn. (HOPE VI)

 135 0 200 0

Choice Neighbrhd. Initiative (c)

 65 250 0 250

Native Amer. Hsg. Block Grant

 700 580 700 700

Homeless Assistance Grants

 1,865 2,055 2,055 2,055

Hsg. Opps. for Persons w/ AIDS

 335 340 350 340

202 Hsg. for Elderly

 825 273 825 825

811 Hsg. for Disabled

 300 90 300 200

Fair Housing

 72 61 72 70.4

Rural Hsg. & Econ. Dev. (RHED)(a)

 0 0 0 0

Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Control

140 140 140 140

Self-Help Homeownshp. (SHOP)

27 0 27 27
Brownfields Redevelopmen 17.5 0 17.5 0

Housing Counseling

 87.5 88 88 100

a. The new Rural Innovation Fund would replace RHED.
b. Proposed new programs.
c. Demonstration initially proposed in FY 2010 budget to replace HOPE VI.

PRESERVATION BILL PASSES COMMITTEE. The House Financial Services Committee passed three housing bills on July 28, including H.R. 4868, the Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 2010. Title VIII of this bill is the Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2010, which would provide ongoing authority for USDA’s preservation program (MPR), currently being conducted as a demonstration. The full House may consider the bill in September. No companion bill has been introduced in the Senate. The other bills approved by the committee are H.R. 5814, the Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2010, and H.R. 476, the Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010. All three bills are at http://thomas.loc.gov.

HUD ISSUES HOUSING COUNSELING NOFA. Applications are due August 27. Visit http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa10/grphcp.cfm or http://www.grants.gov. Contact a HUD homeownership center or call 202-708-0317. Most of HUD’s other FY 2010 NOFAs have not yet been released.

FY 2011 FAIR MARKET RENTS PROPOSED. Comments are due September 3. Visit http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr.html or http://www.regulations.gov.

USDA CONFIRMS MANUFACTURED HOUSING ENERGY STANDARDS. New manufactured homes must comply with the HUD Code, not the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. Find AN 4519 at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd-an_list.html or from RD offices. Contact William Downs, RD, 202-720-1499, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .