[NYAPRS Enews] Bazelon: Call Your Senators NOW to Oppose the FY12 T-HUD Bill Unless HUD Funds are Increased

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 Call Your Senators NOW to Oppose the FY12 T-HUD Bill  

Unless HUD Funds are Increased  

	
October 13, 2011 -- The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law thanks our friends at the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) for this important alert. Please Act Now <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=iri69ddab&et=1108114278585&s=12018&e=001E6wJE6_0KqnhwnhNgBplu1AQB359B5S6r7SpV3237gzqe4r7AiTUASFSrwhLaVOVQgPfc1O-oTu71HyQrxyPEZzKbJu49KnYKWxi3b-Kc7rUzG-uKbYWSiFp6PLkwir1D_bVoJ38J8KRi23ETfsh_wsEkfHDTmGNOaGF90DvQhE=> ! 

 

Senate Must Increase HUD's Allocation and Fully Fund Key Programs

 

The FY12 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) appropriations bill, S. 1596, may head to the Senate floor today. The Senate is expected to vote on this bill in the coming days, perhaps early the week of October 17. Calls to the Senate in support of key programs are needed now.

 

The Senate is expected to merge the T-HUD bill with the FY12 appropriations bills for Agriculture, Rural Housing, and Food and Drug Administration (H.R. 2111) and for Commerce, Justice, and Science (H.R. 2596). These bills together will likely become a small package, or "minibus," of spending bills.

 

The Senate T-HUD bill, S. 1596, would cut HUD funding by 10% below the FY11 level.

 

The bill's cut to the Tenant Based Rental Assistance account would cause tens of thousands of households to lose their vouchers.   

*	Contract Renewals. The bill funds renewals at the President's original request but HUD now estimates that amount is insufficient by hundreds of millions.

The bill's cut to the Public Housing Capital Fund would cause public housing units to be lost.

*	The bill would cut the fund by 22% below the President's request, and by 8% below FY11 funding.

Urge your Senators to oppose this bill unless funding for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and the Public Housing Capital Fund are increased. 

 

Other HUD programs that the Senate T-HUD bill would cut include:

*	HOME Investments Partnership Program.  39% cut below the President's request, 38% cut below FY11.
*	Section 202 Housing for the Elderly.  51% cut below the President's request, 8% cut below FY11.
*	Section 811 Housing for People with Disabilities.  23% cut below the President's request, level with FY11.

 For more detail, click here to view NLIHC’s budget chart.  <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=iri69ddab&et=1108114278585&s=12018&e=001E6wJE6_0Kqmn9IdIKOskgarSh-KDLIbBvY2mBxCyA2A0ajpEofEswCT8PaKU61ga8_2WcMJXHYAvugkebHHUWEAJ8EdruPy4cwqkoUfpgPH1FQrUOhP9mGVZVPZELRS13ICKpIglXHBIoR_A887x3qmCgE0reWGJOiQI6j7ShKE=>  

 

Your Senators must hear from you today that these cuts to HUD programs are unacceptable and must be stopped. 

 

To get the contact information for your Senators, call the congressional switchboard toll free at 877-210-5351 or click the blue Take Action link above. Ask to be connected to the housing staffer in each of your Senator's offices.

 

After you call, please let us know how the call went by e-mailing us at outreach at nlihc.org.

 

Thank you for your continued support and action!

 

 

	

 

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