On July 29, The House passed H.R. 5850, the FY11 HUD appropriations bill, with a vote of 251-167. While some budget cuts passed, the most harmful amendments were withdrawn, including Amendment #19. The amendment, offered by John Adler (D-NJ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jim Himes (D-CT) and Peter Welch (D-VT), would have eliminated funding for Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (VASH), Resident Opportunity and Support Services (ROSS), HOPE VI, and the Brownfields Program, and reduced funding for HOME by $175M and for Self Help and Assisted Homeownership Program (SHOP) by $22M. [More ...]
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News
Welch seeks to hike funds for homeless
Source: Brattleboro Reformer, July 23
By Howard Weiss-Tisman
“BRATTLEBORO — When Congress created the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, or PATH, program in 1990, small states like Vermont were awarded funding based on a formula that helped them compete with states with larger populations.
The formula is based on the urban population of a state, compared to the urban population of the whole nation. [More ...]
Tags: Federal Funding, Homelessness, PATH, Vermont, Welch
