HUD FY2018 Appropriations: In Brief (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised June 18, 2018 |
| Report Number |
R44931 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Maggie McCarty |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
Most of the funding for the activities of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) comes from discretionary appropriations provided each year in
the annual appropriations acts, typically as a part of the Transportation, HUD, and
Related Agencies appropriations bill (THUD).
HUD’s programs are designed primarily to address housing problems faced by households with
very low incomes or other special housing needs.1 Three rental assistance programs—Section 8
tenant-based rental assistance (which funds Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers), Section 8
project-based rental assistance, and Public Housing—account for the majority of the department’s
funding (nearly 80% of total HUD appropriations in FY2017). In addition, two flexible block
grant programs—HOME and the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program—help
communities finance a variety of housing and community development activities designed to
serve low- and moderate-income families. Other more specialized grant programs help
communities meet the needs of homeless persons, including those living with HIV/AIDS. HUD’s
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insures mortgages made by lenders to homebuyers with
low down payments and to developers of multifamily rental buildings containing relatively
affordable units. FHA collects fees from insured borrowers, which are used to sustain its
insurance funds. Surplus FHA funds have been used to offset the cost of the HUD budget.
This In Brief report tracks progress on FY2018 HUD appropriations and provides detailed
account-level, and in some cases sub-account-level, funding information (Table 1) as well as a
discussion of selected key issues.
For more information about any of the programs, accounts, or funding levels discussed, please
feel free to contact the relevant CRS expert, as labeled in the “Key Policy Staff” table at the end
of this report. For more information about the Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies
appropriations bill as a whole, and relevant budget and appropriations concepts, readers should
see CRS Report R45022, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies (THUD): FY2018 Appropriations, by Maggie McCarty and David Randall Peterman.
For more information on trends in HUD funding, readers should see CRS Report R42542,
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Funding Trends Since FY2002, by
Maggie McCarty.
