FY21 Budget & Appropriations

FY21 Funding and COVID Relief Package Passed, Signed by President Trump

On December 21, 2020, the House and Senate passed a spending package that includes FY21 funding for HUD programs and additional COVID-19 relief. On December 27 President Trump signed the package. See CLPHA’s summary and detailed, item-by-item analysis of the spending package at the links below.

 

Summary

 

Detailed Analysis

 
Senate Appropriators Release Their FY21 THUD Funding Bill

On November 10, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations released all twelve funding bills for fiscal year 2021 (FY21). In the appropriations legislation for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 (FY21), the discretionary funding level for HUD totals $48.782 billion – $318 million below the FY 2020 enacted level and $7.482 billion above the President’s 2021 budget request.

The HUD appropriations proposal would consolidate the Public Housing Operating Fund and Capital Fund without increasing flexibilities beyond that already statutorily authorized, raise the Rental Assistance Demonstration unit cap from 455,000 to 500,000 units, while providing modest funding increases in some programs of interest to CLPHA, and modest reductions in others. 
 
Click the link below to read the Senate committee's proposed FY21 funding levels for several programs of interest to CLPHA members, selected passages and rationale of policy directives and recommendations from the Explanatory Statement (“the Statement”) (italicized and/or bolded for emphasis), along with CLPHA’s updated funding chart.

 

Read Our Analysis 

House Appropriators Pass FY21 THUD Funding Bill with Significant Increases to Public Housing Funding 

On July 14, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations  passed out of committee legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 (FY21). The bill passed out of committee on a 30 to 22 vote.  This is a significant win for CLPHA’s advocacy. CLPHA members experiences' of working under chronically underfunded conditions resonated with lawmakers. The bill demonstrates not only the House’s commitment to public and affordable housing and community development, but also the importance of these industries in the infrastructure continuum.  

The full appropriations committee action, led by retiring committee chair Nita Lowey (D-NY), came less than a week after THUD subcommittee action led by subcommittee chair David Price (D-NC), who crafted a housing bill that seeks to redress the chronic underfunding that public and affordable housing have endured for decades and to put housing on equal funding footing with our nation’s transportation infrastructure needs. 

Click below for an overview of the committee’s proposed FY21 funding levels for several programs of interest to CLPHA members, selected passages and rationale of policy directives and recommendations from the Committee Report (“the Report”) (italicized and/or bolded for emphasis), along with CLPHA’s updated funding chart.

Read CLPHA's Overview

House THUD Subcommittee Releases FY21 Funding Bill for HUD

In preparation for subcommittee markup on July 8, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) today released their FY21 funding bill.  

CLPHA applauds the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, led by Chair David Price (D-NC), for their commitment to redress the chronic underfunding that public and affordable housing have endured for decades and for putting housing on equal funding footing with our nation’s transportation infrastructure needs. CLPHA and our members have consistently advocated for dramatic increases in public and affordable housing funding. This is a significant win for CLPHA’s advocacy.

According to the subcommittee proposal, the discretionary funding level for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) totals $50.6 billion– an increase of $1.5 billion above the FY 2020 enacted level and $13.3 billion above the President’s 2021 budget request. Under a new Title V, there are additional funds for transportation and HUD funding. HUD funds in Title V total $50 billion. 

Below is a quick overview of the proposed FY21 funding levels for some of the programs of interest to CLPHA members, along with CLPHA’s updated funding chart. We will provide a more detailed review and analysis after full committee markup action. 

 

Read CLPHA's Overview of the FY21 THUD Approps Funding Levels  

CLPHA's Analysis of the Trump Administration's FY21 HUD Budget Proposal

On February 10, 2020 the Trump Administration released its fiscal year 2021 Budget Proposal (FY21) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The $41.3 billion request is a 15 percent reduction from the budget enacted in FY20.

For the fourth year in a row, the Trump Administration’s budget proposal seeks  to eliminate and eviscerate federal public and affordable programs at significant cost to low-income families and  state and local governments. The proposal also recycles the Administration’s worn out strategy of consolidating separate program accounts while reducing them.

For the third time, the Administration’s request completely eliminates  the Public Housing Capital Fund and this year’s request reduces funding for the Public Housing Operating Fund by over 20 percent in addition to eliminating the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, HOME, and CDBG. In the name of cost savings, the Administration once again proposes rent increases and work requirements on low-income households served by public housing authorities.

In addition to severely slashing funding for public housing and block grant programs, the FY21 budget request also significantly underfunds voucher renewals for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Project-Based Rental Assistance Program which would cause an estimated 160,000 households to lose their housing vouchers.

Click below for CLPHA's FY21 comparative funding chart and our review of the Administration-proposed funding levels for some programs of interest, along with selected explanations from the HUD congressional justifications (CJs) and explanations from the HUD budget appendix (Appendix).

 

CLPHA's Analysis of the Administration's FY21 HUD Budget Proposal

CLPHA and Joint Industry Group FY21 Funding Requests for Public and Affordable Housing

CLPHA Requests Full Funding for Public Housing, Including $70 B to Meet Capital Needs Backlog

CLPHA’s goal is to ensure the preservation and improvement of federally assisted housing through adequate funding for the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Programs. These investments are critical to enable PHAs to keep up with necessary improvements to their housing stock that will benefit the families and seniors that live in public housing and to improve their education, employment, and health outcomes. The availability of affordable housing positively impacts life outcomes, and as a result, significantly reduces costs within other systems. Adequately funding the key housing programs outlined in CLPHA’s budget request will help us achieve these goals.

 

CLPHA, MTW Collaborative, NAHRO, PHADA Release Joint Industry Funding Request

In response to HUD’s FY21 Budget proposal released earlier this month, CLPHA and colleague organizations MTW Collaborative, NAHRO, and PHADA prepared a joint industry funding request for federal public and affordable housing programs, including $5 billion for the Capital Fund and $4.659 billion for the Operating Fund. 

 

View CLPHA and Joint Industry Group FY21 Funding Requests

 

Trump Budget Calls for 15% Decrease in HUD Funding, Large Cuts to Public Housing

On February 10, 2020, the Trump Administration released its fiscal year 2021 Budget Proposal, which includes a $41.3 billion request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a 15 percent reduction from enacted FY 2020. 

Read More & View CLPHA's Comparative Funding Chart

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