In Featured, News by Ged Kenslea April 10, 2021 COVID’s devastating impact on housing and homeless services programs nationwide has stretched state and local budgets and responses from coast to coast
Biden’s $68.7 billion FY ’22 budget proposal allows for housing subsidies to 200,000 additional families and will add $500 million—a roughly 17 percent increase—to the Homeless Assistance Grants program
LOS ANGELES (April 10 , 2021) Housing justice advocates from AHF and its housing advocacy arm, Housing Is A Human Right (HHR), today are cheering President Joe Biden’s proposed 2022 budget for his Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department, which includes an overall 15% increase above current levels, and includes significant increases for two programs—the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME (Home Investment Partnership Program)—which the Trump administration repeatedly tried to eliminate.