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Today, Thursday, July 29, the full House of Representatives will take up its FY11 funding bill for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD). Last night, the House Rules Committee accepted amendments to the bill, including 8 amendments that would reduce funding for HUD programs and 4 amendments that would reduce overall funding of the entire bill. Your IMMEDIATE action is needed to prevent a reduction of funds to HUD programs.
Please call your Representative NOW and urge him or her to:
Oppose these eight amendments that would reduce funding for HUD programs:
Amendment #19- offered by John Adler (D-NJ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jim Himes (D-CT) and Peter Welch (D-VT)- This amendment is particularly important to mention to your Representative because it was filed by Democratic members and other Democratic members are likely to give it more consideration. The amendment would:
- Eliminate Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (VASH) voucher funding
- Eliminate Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services (ROSS) program funding
- Eliminate HOPE VI funding
- Eliminate Brownfields program funding
- Reduce HOME funding by $175 million
- Reduce Self Help and Assisted Homeownership Program (SHOP) funding by $22 million
Amendment #8- Tom Latham (R-IA)- would:
- Reduce Public Housing Capital funding by $455.8 million
- Reduce Native American Housing Block Grant funding by $120 million
- Eliminate Brownfields program funding
- Reduce HOME funding by $175 million
Amendment #6- Michael Arcuri (D-NY)- would reduce Policy Development and Research funding by $3 million.
Amendments #1, #2, and #3- John Boehner (R-OH)- would reduce Policy Development and Research funding by $300,000, reduce Transformation Initiative funding by $40 million, and reduce funding for capital grants to renovate affordable housing by $35 million.
Amendment #5- Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)- would reduce administration and operations funding by $21 million.
Amendment #15- Bruce Braley (R-IA)- would reduce the Community Development Fund by $20 million and reduce administration and operations funding by $21 million.
Oppose these four amendments that would reduce overall funding for bill (and HUD programs):
- Amendment #18- Jim Jordan (R-OH)- would reduce the bill by $18.6 billion.
- Amendment #10- John Culberson (R-TX)- would reduce the bill by $13.4 billion.
- Amendment #14- Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)- would reduce the bill by $10.5 billion.
- Amendment #17- Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)- would reduce the bill by 5% (about $3.4 billion).
Support passage of the FY11 T-HUD bill without these negative amendments and with any amendments to increase HUD funding. The House bill would provide over $1 billion more to HUD programs than the President’s budget request.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Call the Congressional switchboard, toll-free at 877-210-5351,THIS MORNING and ask to be connected to the housing staffer for your representative’s office. Remind them of the housing needs in your community and urge them to oppose all amendments that would reduce HUD funding, specifically amendments #19 and #8.
Please email us at outreach@nlihc.org to let us know the outcome of your call or to ask any questions about the bill. |
