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Senate 2018 THUD Appropriations Bill
Senate Appropriations Committee approved its Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill at the end of July . The bill provides increased funding for HUD programs: $40.2 billion in HUD funding for FY 2018, $1.4 billion above FY 2017 levels and $1.94 billion more than the House THUD bill. The Senate bill includes level […] Read More -
2017 Participation in National Coalitions
In addition to NYHC’s own education and advocacy work, we have been working very closely with national efforts to protect HUD funding and the Housing Credit. NYHC is an affiliate of NHC, and a proud member of NLIHC and Action Campaign. Here are a few highlights of our nationally partnered events this year, some of […] Read More -
House 2018 THUD Appropriations Bill
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation Housing and Urban Development released and approved their 2018 spending bill, which cuts HUD programs by $487 million below the fiscal year 2017 enacted level. While this is $6.9 billion above the President’s request, these cuts would still have real impacts on New York families. For New York […] Read More -
NYHC Launches Campaign on the Impact Of Trump’s HUD Cuts
NYHC has started a campaign to spotlight the real-world impacts of the President’s proposed budget. President Trump’s FY 2018 Budget cuts HUD funding by 15% compared to FY 2017. If enacted, this budget would cause a rise in homelessness, accelerate the decline of public housing infrastructure and curb affordable housing production. Read More -
The Homelessness Trump Could Cause
As more than half of all renters statewide are struggling to afford their homes and more than 80,000 New Yorkers are still homeless, slashing the budget of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development would make our state’s already urgent housing crisis worse that it has ever been before. Read More -
Trump Proposes Major HUD Cuts & Policy Changes
President Trump’s budget request to Congress was released today and it provides $6.2 billion in cuts as per the “skinny” budget but this is actually $7.4 billion in housing cuts compared to current 2017 levels. The budget increases defense spending by $52 billion by slashing non-defense programs such as HUD assistance, food stamps, TANF and […] Read More -
NY State Housing Budget: A BIG Win for Residents & Communities!
The New York State Legislature passed a $153 billion FY 2017-2018 budget on April 9th. The spending plan appropriates $2.7 billion for affordable housing including $2.5 billion for a new 100,000-unit, state-wide, 5-year housing plan. NYHC would like to again thank Governor Cuomo, Speaker Heastie, and Majority Leader Flanagan for funding the 5-year housing plan […] Read More -
New York Congressional Delegation Meets with NYHC Advisory Board
The New York Housing Conference Advisory Board yesterday hosted the New York Congressional Delegation for a strategy session to protect affordable housing from looming challenges. Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Nydia Velázquez joined us along with staff from other offices includes Senator Schumer’s. Following presentations from the leadership at HPD, HDC, NYCHA and […] Read More -
NYHC Stands with Senator Schumer and Congresswoman Velázquez to Kick-off #NoCuts Campaign
Buoyed by Senator Schumer’s support last week, the #NoCuts Coalition organized a rally protesting $6 billion in proposed housing funding cuts in the Trump administration’s skinny budget last Thursday. The rally offered boisterous support from Congresswoman Velázquez and culminated in the arrest of Councilman Ritchie Torres and organizing leaders after blocking traffic on Broadway in […] Read More -
NYHC Publishes Blueprint of Trump’s Housing Cut Impacts on New York
We’ve broken down the astounding cuts proposed by the White House to federal housing programs and the impact on New York State. The continuing resolution expires on April 28th. We are hoping for another CR at the same funding level but it is unclear how the budget will be resolved. President Trump is asking Congress […] Read More