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Final Appropriations Package Will Need Additional Funding to Avoid Rental Assistance Cuts

October 24, 2023 | Sonya Acosta

The Senate is expected to consider a spending bill soon that provides for substantially more rental assistance funding than in the corresponding House bill, but it would still fall short of fully...

Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis Requires Expanding Rental Assistance and Adding Housing Units

October 27, 2022

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Funding Limitations Create Widespread Unmet Need for Rental Assistance

February 15, 2022

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HUD Expands Promising Policy to Support Housing Choice

November 1, 2023

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Housing and Health Problems Are Intertwined. So Are Their Solutions.

June 29, 2022

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Project-Based Vouchers: Lessons from the Past to Guide Future Policy

October 19, 2023 | Barbara Sard

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An Agenda for the Future of Public Housing

March 11, 2021 | Will Fischer, Sonya Acosta and Anna Bailey

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Updated Database, New Report Hold Key Information for State and Local Affordable Housing Programs

October 23, 2023 | Mari Castaldi and Matthew Clarke

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Appropriations Bills Prioritize Rental Assistance, Though House Bill Makes Sharp Cuts

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Lawmakers Should Prioritize Adequate Funding for Rental Assistance for People Struggling to Afford Housing in Housing Appropriations Legislation

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House Republican Bill Would Force Deep Cuts in Housing Assistance, Harming Families, Older Adults, and People with Disabilities

May 24, 2023

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President’s Housing Proposals Are Both Practical and Progressive

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Policy Basics

Federal rental assistance enables 5 million low-income households to afford modest homes, and three major programs — Housing Choice Vouchers, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Public Housing — assist 90 percent of them.

We work with state and local housing agencies and advocates to improve the effectiveness of federal low-income housing programs, and we study how well-designed housing assistance programs can advance such goals as reducing concentrations of poverty.

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HUD Expands Promising Policy to Support Housing Choice

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a notice last week expanding a promising policy that has been found to enable families with housing vouchers to choose to live in...

Final Appropriations Package Will Need Additional Funding to Avoid Rental Assistance Cuts

The Senate is expected to consider a spending bill soon that provides for substantially more rental assistance funding than in the corresponding House bill, but it would still fall short of...

Updated Database, New Report Hold Key Information for State and Local Affordable Housing Programs

Matthew Clarke is with the National Low Income Housing Coalition.With support from CBPP, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) has released an update to the Rental...

Project-Based Vouchers: Lessons from the Past to Guide Future Policy

Long-term property-specific rental assistance can reduce the cost of private market financing, encourage developers to include units affordable to the lowest-income households in their properties,...

Streamlined Rental Assistance Payment Demonstration

To: Interested partiesFrom: Will Fischer and Barbara SardRe: Streamlined rental assistance payment demonstration Policymakers are considering...

Mari Castaldi

Director of State Housing Policy

Appropriations Bills Prioritize Rental Assistance, Though House Bill Makes Sharp Cuts

The House and Senate bills funding Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs for 2024 take different approaches to dealing with tight spending caps. While both bills increase funding...

Lawmakers Should Prioritize Adequate Funding for Rental Assistance for People Struggling to Afford Housing in Housing Appropriations Legislation

Although the final debt ceiling deal protects defense funding from cuts, it limits overall funding for non-defense programs funded through annual appropriations bills (often called...

House Republican Bill Would Force Deep Cuts in Housing Assistance, Harming Families, Older Adults, and People with Disabilities

The House Republican debt-ceiling-and-cuts bill would, among other things, impose severe cuts on discretionary funding amounting to $3.6 trillion over the next ten years. If defense and...

President’s Housing Proposals Are Both Practical and Progressive

President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request both outlines modest increases in funding for housing and homelessness programs and proposes new funding to start making the type of...

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