Congressional appropriators are continuing to work to finalize a fiscal year (FY) 2024 spending bill for HUD before the March 1 deadline, at which point Congress will need either to pass a final spending bill, enact another short-term continuing resolution to keep the government funded, or risk a partial government shutdown. Reports indicate that appropriators have reached an agreement on funding HUD’s vital programs but are relying on congressional leaders to finalize agreements on policy provisions. Once all FY24 spending bills are finalized, Congress will turn its attention to drafting FY25 bills.
Take Action!
NLIHC is calling on advocates nationwide to continue contacting their members of Congress, and keep up the pressure on them to pass a FY24 spending bill that provides increased funding for HUD’s vital affordable housing and homelessness programs and includes NLIHC’s top priorities:
- Full funding to renew all existing contracts for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program.
- Increased funding for public housing operations and repairs.
- At minimum, the Senate’s proposed $3.9 billion for Homeless Assistance Grants.
- The protection of $20 million in funding for the Eviction Prevention Grant Program provided in the Senate bill.
- The House’s proposed $1.1 billion for Native Housing.
Advocates can continue to engage their members of Congress by:
- Emailing or calling members’ offices to tell them about the importance of affordable housing, homelessness, and community development resources to you, your family, your community, or your work. You can use NLIHC’s Take Action page to look up your member offices or call/send an email directly!
- Using social media to amplify messages about the country’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis and the continued need for long-term solutions.
- Sharing stories of those directly impacted by homelessness and housing instability. Storytelling adds emotional weight to your message and can help lawmakers see how their policy decisions impact actual people. Learn about how to tell compelling stories with this resource.
National, state, local, tribal, and territorial organizations can also join over 2,200 organizations on the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding’s (CHCDF’s) national letter calling on Congress to support the highest level of funding possible for affordable housing, homelessness, and community development resources in FY24.