House and Senate to Unveil FY17 Spending Allocations
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees will release and vote on FY17 subcommittee spending amounts, formally known as 302(b) allocations, on April 13 and 14, respectively. Subcommittees began…
House Budget Committee Passes FY17 Resolution, Further Action Questionable
At the end of a nine-hour mark-up on March 16, the House Budget Committee passed an FY17 budget resolution by a vote of 20-16. All 14 Democrats and two Republican members of the ultra-conservative…
Representative Waters Urges Increased Funding for Federal Housing Programs in FY17
On March 18, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Water (D-CA) sent four separate letters to House appropriators urging them to provide increased funding in FY17 for federal…
HUD Inspector General Testifies before House Appropriations Panel, Critical of MTW
On March 15, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the budget requests for Offices of Inspector General (OIG)…
USDA’s Rural Development Programs Scrutinized during Budget Hearing
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on USDA’s Rural Development (RD) programs on March 15…
Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on FY17 HUD Budget Request
On March 10, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) held a hearing on HUD’s FY17 budget request. HUD Secretary Julián…
Budget Resolution Still Elusive
Another week has passed with the prospects of an FY17 budget resolution growing dimmer. On the Senate side, any budget resolution that attempts to undo the $30 billion increase in discretionary…
More House Appropriations Subcommittees to Hold Hearings
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies will hold a March 15 hearing on the budget for the Department of Transportation (DOT) and…
First THUD Appropriations Hearing Held, Second Hearing Scheduled
On March 1, HUD Secretary Julián Castro testified on the agency’s FY17 budget request before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related…
More than 2,000 Organizations Urge Increased Funding for THUD Programs
On March 7, the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) will send a letter signed by more than 2,000 national, state and local organizations to Senate and House Appropriations…
Members of Congress Circulate “Dear Colleague” Letters to Support HUD, USDA, and HHS Funding
Members of Congress are circulating “Dear Colleague” sign-on letters in support of HUD, USDA Rural Housing, and HHS funding to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Appropriations Subcommittees.…