FFY 2009
Public Housing and Section 8 Funding Needs
The
Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA), National Association of
Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), and Public Housing Authorities
Directors Association (PHADA) are national
membership-based groups dedicated to the preservation and improvement of public
housing. Our collective memberships include over 3,100 public housing
authorities (PHAs) that own and manage the nation's public housing stock of
nearly 1.2 million units, housing more than 2.5 million families, seniors and
persons with disabilities. These agencies also administer the Housing Choice
Voucher program which serves about 2 million households.
One of our major goals is to
ensure the preservation and improvement of this federally assisted housing
through adequate funding for the public housing and Section 8 programs. Toward
that end, we recommend the following funding levels for these key housing
programs:
[1] Estimate is based on HUD’s FY 2009 Budget
Justification.
[2] Based on funding levels from the House passed HOPE VI
Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 3524).
[3]Based on the 2007 calendar year voucher leasing and
cost data through September 30, 2007, increased by blended Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index, Urban (CPI-U), Rent of
Primary Residence component. Assumes a 96% utilization rate. This figure
includes renewal funding costs for approximately 13,500 incremental vouchers
for the Family Unification Program (FUP, HUD-VA Supportive Housing vouchers
(HUD-VASH), and Mainstream (non-elderly disabled)
programs appropriated for FY 2008. This
amount also includes renewal costs for Tenant Protection Vouchers
[4]In FY 2007, HUD delayed implementation of the mandatory
conversion rule for Public Housing. HUD
resumed its implementation in FY 2008. HUD also stated that approximately 20,800
Public Housing units are presumptively distressed
under the mandatory conversion regulation.
* These should be funded
as separate, stand-alone programs.
