Policies and Issues

• FY 2006 HUD Budget -The latest on the FY06 HUD budget process and what it means for people with disabilities.
• Section 8 Legislation - Learn about HUD's legislation that may fundamentally alter the Section 8 program.
• Action Alert: HUD Notice PIH 2005-5 - This notice covers two related topics that are important to people with disabilities: special purpose Section 8 vouchers and guidelines promoting housing access for people with disabilities.

Federal Programs Offering Affordable Houing Resources
TAC has divided the affordable housing resources available to expand supportive housing into the following sections:

Federal “discretionary” subsidized housing resources/programs.
These resources/programs are specifically targeted to expand supportive housing. These HUD programs are accessed by non-profit supportive housing organizations that can apply annually for funding and include:

• The Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program
• The HUD McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Programs

Federal affordable housing and community development resources that are “block granted” or otherwise allocated to state and local housing officials.
State and local housing officials, and not the federal government, develop the policies and make the decisions that determine how these funds are used and which populations will benefit. The federal programs and policies include:

• The HOME Program
• The Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
• The Emergency Shelter Grant Program (ESG)
• The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA)
• The Consolidated Plan (Con Plan)
• The federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC)
• Mortgage Revenue Bonds

Federal programs administered by Public Housing Agencies.

• The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8 HCVP)
• Section 8 vouchers set-aside for people with disabilities by Congress
• PHA Plans