Data & Dollars: Housing Assistance Funding Trends and Outlook Alicia Mazzara Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Historical Context: 20 Years of Federal Disinvestment in Housing Assistance Note: GDP= gross domestic product. Housing assistance includes Section 8, public housing, homeless assistance, Section 521, HOME, Native American Housing, HOPWA, and Section 202 and 811 programs, as well as many smaller programs. Source: Office of Management and Budget

Budget Control Act of 2011 Imposed Caps on Discretionary Spending Source: Office of Management and Budget

Public Housing and Block Grants Have Seen Deepest Funding Cuts Update with new data from Doug’s CHCDF webinar Note: “Housing for elderly/disabled” refers to the Section 202 and 811 programs. Rural rental assistance refers to the Section 521 program. Source: CBPP calculations using Congressional Budget Office data

Budget Caps Could Drive Housing Assistance to Lowest Level in 40 Years Note: Budget caps = annual caps on discretionary spending under the 2011 Budget Control Act. GDP = gross domestic product. Red line is CBPP projection, assuming housing assistance share of non-defense discretionary funding remains constant. Source: Office of Management and Budget

Trump Budget Proposes Cutting HUD Programs by $7.4B (15%) from 2017 Vouchers Cut Public Housing Funding Cut CDBG Funding Cut HOME -250,000 -$1.8 billion -$3 billion -$950 million Note: Funding cuts are relative to estimated 2017 funding levels; housing voucher cuts are relative to the number of households assisted in 2016, with adjustments. National figures include data from U.S. territories. Source: CBPP analysis of HUD and Office of Management and Budget data.

Trump Budget Eliminates HOME and Community Development Block Grants Source: Department of Housing and Urban Development

Major Sources of Rental Assistance by Community Type Note: Exurban areas are located outside a city, beyond the suburbs but not rural. Source: CBPP tabulations of 2016 Department of Housing and Urban Development administrative data, 2016 Department of Agriculture Multifamily Housing Rural Development data, and Housing Assistance Council geographic classifications by Census tract.

Non-Defense Discretionary Spending Still Subject to Budget Caps Note: Reflects sequestration relief provided by the Bipartisan Budget Acts of 2013 and 2015. All amounts exclude funding for disasters, emergencies, program integrity, and Overseas Contingency Operations. Source: CBPP analysis of data from the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget.

Utility Reimbursement Example Family A: Parent with 2 children, paying their own utilities Family B: Parent with 2 children, utilities included in their rent Monthly income: $250 Utility allowance: $120 Total tenant payment: $51 Utility costs: $120 Utility reimbursement: $69 Monthly income: $250 Utility allowance: $120  Total tenant payment: $51 Utility costs: $0 Utility reimbursement: $0