Administration’s FY 2019 Budget

In February 2018, the Trump Administration sent Congress its FY 2019 Budget request which reduces the overall “federal footprint of housing assistance” by eliminating several key programs, including HOME, CDBG , the Public Housing Capital Fund, the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, SHOP, and Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing.In February 2016, the Obama Administration sent Congress its FY 2017 Budget, proposing funding for all federal programs, including HUD and USDA rural housing programs. The Budget proposes a total of $1.1 trillion in discretionary spending for FY 2017, abiding by the discretionary caps negotiated as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.