FY 2016

 Community Development  Housing  Homelessness  Cross-cutting

 CDBG Funding – FY 2016  Withdraw CDBG entitlement criteria changes  Provide state administrative fee flexibility

 Change Davis Bacon Thresholds and Provide Flexibility

 Funding Request – FY 2016 : $3.3 billion  FY 2015: $3.0 billion  FY 2014: $3.03 billion

 Establish a minimum grant threshold : $348,875  Eliminate grandfathering  Affect over 300 entitlement communities

 Amount not subject to match: $500,000, up from $100,000  State administrative fee cap: 3% to 5% of allocation  COSCDA to ask HUD to pursue with Congress

 $2,000 ⇒ $100,000  Exempt: ◦ Disaster Recovery ◦ USDA

 HOME Program Funding – FY 2016  Strengthen the HOME Program with Revisions to the Rule  Protect Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

 Provide Flexibility to States in HOME Commitment Deadline

 Funding Request – FY 2016 : $1.3 billion  FY 2015: $900 million  FY 2014: $1 billion  FY 2013 : $950 million  No setasides

 CHDOs  Inspections  Repayment of Down Payment Assistance

 As the new Congress considers revision to tax code, it should recognize and continue to support the Low-Income Tax Credit Program.

 Cumulative method (Current HUD compliance determination) vs.  Grant –specific method (IG/GAO required compliance determination)

 McKinney Vento Funding – FY 2016 : $2.4 billion  Maintain Funding Level for Emergency Solutions Grants  Grandfather Transitional Housing  Remove the Disincentive to Convert Continuum of Care Projects to Permanent Housing

 Provide for Separate Funding for Planning Grants and HMIS in the CoC Competition  Provide Support for Homelessness Technical Assistance and Training  Re-open the Public Comment Period for ESG and CoC Interim Rules  Delay Implementation of the Rural Homelessness Component of HEARTH

 Allow Public Housing Authorities to be Subrecipients of Emergency Solutions Grants  Support Vouchers for Homeless Assistance

 Clarify States' Role in Affirmatively Further Fair Housing  Implement Flexible Section 3 Requirements

 Continue to Include States in the Development of the HUD Environmental Review Online System

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