PHADA Priorities for the 118th Congress

PHADA supports reintroduction of the following legislation from the 117th Congress: (1) The Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2021 (H.R.4497) to address the national backlog of capital needs in public housing. (2) The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021 (S.1136) and H.R.2573 to allow for expansion and improvement of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit to address the dearth of affordable housing supply across the country.

PHADA supports the following legislation from the 118th Congress: The Public Housing Emergency Response Act (H.R.235) to provide $70 billion to the Public Housing Capital Fund to address the capital needs backlog in public housing.

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FY 23 Appropriations

The White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate have all increased funding for HUD programs for Fiscal Year 23 (FY 23). In March, the White House budget proposed an increase of $6.2 billion over the FY 22 enacted level. In late July, the full House voted for an increase of $8.9 billion, or 16.5 percent, while the Senate Appropriations Committee released its own draft bill with a $4.3 billion boost, representing an 8 percent increase for HUD programs.

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