Legislative & Policy

The House of Representatives may vote as soon as next week on bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize HUD’s Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.

The bill – the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” – includes key reforms to the CDBG-DR program to help ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households.

The bill was introduced by Representatives Al Green (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) and passed out of the House Financial Services Committee this summer with unanimous support.

CDBG-DR provides states and communities with flexible, long-term recovery resources needed to rebuild affordable housing and infrastructure after a disaster. By formally authorizing the program, the bill would help ensure the process is administered consistently and that dollars can flow more quickly to communities in need. In addition, the bill includes important measures to ensure that scarce resources are targeted to families and communities with the greatest needs.

For more information on these important measures please see the fact sheet from our colleagues at the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition.

As a member of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, CLPHA is supporting NLIHC's Our Homes, Our Votes campaign to ensure the issue of housing affordability in America is front and center during the the October 15 presidential debate.

The campaign is urging CNN, The New York Times, and the moderators of the next debate—Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, and Marc Lacey—to ask the candidates about the most important issue impacting our economic wellbeing, health, educational success, and so much more – affordable homes.

Presidential candidates have released significant plans and proposals to address the country’s housing affordability crisis and are talking about these plans on the campaign trail like never before. Help us build the momentum and elevate housing affordability as a priority issue!

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