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Fixing the Housing Voucher Formula: A No-Cost Way to Strengthen the “Section 8” Program
November 1, 2006
Congress will reconvene in mid-November for a “lame duck” session to finish work on the nine unfinished appropriations bills for fiscal year 2007. Among the bills to be completed is the Transportation-Treasury-HUD bill, which includes funding for most federal housing programs. A key item in the bill is the appropriation for … -
State Fact Sheets: The Impact of Competing Housing Voucher Formulas on Each Public Housing Agency
November 1, 2006
State-specific fact sheets which show the impact of the competing formulas on each public housing agency in the state are provided through the links below. Alabama Kentucky … -
Public Housing Squeezed Between Higher Utility Costs and Stagnant Funding
October 11, 2006
The nation’s public housing units provide affordable homes to about 1.1 million low-income households, approximately half of which are headed by people who are elderly or have disabilities. The local housing agencies that administer these units are required by federal law to rent them to low-income families at rents the families can afford. Those rents are often inadequate to … -
Bipartisan Bill in House Would Make Marked Improvements in Housing Voucher Program
Revised August 16, 2006
Executive Summary On May 22, 2006, a bipartisan group of leaders of the House Financial Services Committee introduced the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA), which would make a series of changes in the housing voucher program and other housing assistance programs. The bill (H.R. 5443), which the Housing and Community … -
Rent Changes In Housing Bill Will Help Many Tenants
Revised August 1, 2006
On June 14, 2006 the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 5443, the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA). The bill would alter the rules for setting rents for tenants in public housing and project-based Section 8 units, as well as for voucher holders. [1] The full House will likely consider the bill in the … -
Inspector General Reports on HUD’s Moving To Work Demonstration Raise Serious Questions
July 13, 2006
A series of reports by HUD’s Inspector General have found serious flaws in the implementation of the Moving to Work (MTW) housing demonstration, including ineffective oversight by HUD and poor use of funds by some local housing agencies. These findings, considered together with other risks posed by MTW, suggest that … -
Press Release: Rebuilding Aid for Neediest Katrina Victims Should be Retained in Final Supplemental Funding Bill
May 9, 2006
The first federal housing assistance aimed specifically at poor households harmed by last year’s hurricanes could fall victim to House-Senate differences over emergency supplemental funding legislation, even though this funding is unrelated to “earmarks” that House leaders have vowed to … -
President's 2007 Budget Renews Same Number of Housing Vouchers Funded in 2006
Revised April 25, 2006
Executive Summary The President’s budget requests $15.9 billion in fiscal year 2007 for tenant-based rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher Program, the nation’s largest low-income housing program. The request would renew approximately 2,070,000 vouchers in 2007, about equal to the total number of … -
State Fact Sheets: Winners and Losers Under Administration's 2007 Housing Voucher Funding Plan
March 13, 2006
State-specific fact sheets containing information on the impact of the Administration's housing voucher funding plan are provided through the links below. Alabama Kentucky … -
Press Release: Many Communities Would Be Forced To Reduce Number of Housing Vouchers Under Administration’s Budget
March 13, 2006
The Administration’s proposed budget for the Housing Choice Voucher Program for 2007 would underfund roughly 70 percent of the state and local housing agencies that administer the program, according to a new Center analysis. These agencies would be forced to reduce the number of … -
Housing Needs of Many Low-Income Hurricane Evacuees Are Not Being Adequately Addressed
Revised February 27, 2006
Federal responses to last year’s hurricanes have fallen well short to date of meeting the needs of many of the low-income families and individuals who were displaced by the storms. While the weaknesses in the federal effort have created problems for rich and poor alike, these weaknesses present particular difficulties for low-income … -
Press Release: Housing Needs of Many Low-Income Hurricane Victims Remain Unmet
February 23, 2006
The federal government has not done enough to meet the housing needs of poor residents affected by the 2005 hurricanes, according to a new Center analysis, which also details several policy recommendations for Congress in this area. “The rebuilding from the hurricanes has only begun” said Will Fischer, the report’s primary author. … -
Interested Parties Memo on the Initial Assessment of the President’s 2007 Budget: Impacts on Housing Voucher Program and Hurricane Recovery
Revised February 17, 2006
On February 6, the President released a budget request for fiscal year 2007 that proposes to cut $622 million (1.8 percent) from the HUD budget, in comparison to FY 2006 funding levels, not counting losses due to inflation. The request recommends major cutbacks in community development, … -
Effects of the Tax Reform Panel’s Proposals on Low- and Moderate-Income Households
February 3, 2006
Executive Summary On November 1, 2005, the President’s Advisory Panel on Tax Reform presented its recommendations to Treasury Secretary John Snow. The panel’s report offers two alternative comprehensive reform plans, a “simplified income tax plan” and a “growth and investment tax plan.” Both plans, the panel argues, would improve on the current … -
FEMA Misses Congressional Deadline to Issue Guidance on Continued Housing Assistance for Hurricane Victims
January 31, 2006
FEMA has provided initial rental assistance payments to hundreds of thousands of families whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to help them secure temporary housing. Most of these families will exhaust these funds beginning in January and February, however, and FEMA has not issued clear guidance on …
