Because the costs of housing and development rise every year, funding must be increased every year to maintain the current level of services and the current number of households being served.
Yet a full-year CR would have disastrous consequences for affordable housing and community development programs. Some Senate Republicans have also been pushing for a full-year CR, which would extend FY21 funding levels for the entirety of FY22. Details of the agreement have yet to be released, but topline funding in the framework will likely reflect the demand of Republicans for parity – that is, roughly equal funding increases for defense and non-defense programs.Ĭongressional appropriators have been locked in a stalemate over topline funding for FY22, with Democrats pushing for significant increases in social spending programs and Republicans insisting such spending receive no more funding than defense spending.
(CRs extend funding for federal programs at the level enacted the previous fiscal year.) Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL), House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Ranking Member Kay Granger (R-TX) announced on February 9 they had reached a bipartisan agreement on a “framework” for the FY22 appropriations bill. The Senate is expected to pass the measure early this week, before the current CR expires on February 18. House of Representatives voted on February 8 to enact another continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the federal government through March 11 and buy lawmakers extra time to enact an already overdue federal spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2022.
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