Revised August 29, 2003

OVER 60,000 FEWER FAMILIES WOULD RECEIVE HOUSING VOUCHERS UNDER HOUSE BILL
By Barbara Sard and Will Fischer

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A new Center report, House Funding Level Would Lead to More Than 60,000 Fewer Families Receiving Housing Voucher Assistance,  explains that the funding level for housing vouchers in the House-approved VA-HUD appropriations bill for fiscal year 2004 is inadequate to fund all vouchers likely to be in use at the start of the year.  The House bill provides more funding than would be available under the Administration’s funding request for the voucher program, but analysis of data that HUD collected this April from housing agencies across the country shows that about $430 million in additional funding is needed to avoid reducing the number of families assisted.  As the report explains:

To avoid the loss of vouchers, the Administration and Congress will need to provide additional funds or identify funds already available at HUD from prior year appropriations or other sources that can be used to pay for voucher costs.