The House T-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its FY2011 spending bill

 

This mark up included the restoration of the Section 811 program to $300 million.  For other HUD programs, see the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) analysis of the House T-HUD appropriations mark up.

 

HUD Releases FY 2011 Budget Proposal

 

The Obama Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget proposal on February 1, 2010, which strongly supports many federal programs that can assist the most vulnerable people with disabilities but also proposes cuts to important programs – particularly HUD's Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program.

The President's budget submission to Congress is the first step in the process of enacting the budget for the coming fiscal year. Both the House and the Senate will release their FY 2011 budget proposals during the next several months.

Key features of the Obama Administration's HUD budget proposal include the following:

 

• Drastic cuts to HUD's Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program
  
  

• $85 million for two competitive Housing Choice Voucher demonstration programs developed by HUD and HHS, which combine housing and services for individuals and families who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. The first program would provide 4,000 new vouchers, which would be linked with supportive services, including case management, mental health, and substance abuse treatment services financed by Medicaid and other resources. The second program would provide 6,000 vouchers to TANF families who may also be assisted by Department of Education-funded homeless liaison staff.
  
  

• $2.055 billion in HUD McKinney-Vento funding, an increase of ten percent over FY 2010 appropriations. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has initiated a campaign to obtain $2.4 billion in the McKinney-Vento appropriation for FY 2011 to implement changes made by the HEARTH Act and avoid cuts to funding for new and renewal projects.
  
  

• $1 billion to capitalize the National Housing Trust Fund. The NHTF was authorized by Congress in 2008 but has yet to receive appropriations.
  
  

• $19.551 billion, which is a $1.4 billion increase, for tenant-based rental assistance to the Section 8 or Housing Choice Voucher program. HUD projects that this request will serve 34,466 more households than in FY 2010. The budget does not propose any new HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD VASH) vouchers, Family Unification Program (FUP) vouchers, or vouchers for non-elderly people with disabilities as had been funded in previous years.
  
  

• $1.65 million for the HOME Investment Partnership program, a cut of $17.5 million from FY 2010 appropriation levels