COSCDA Federal Advocacy Priorities

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COSCDA Federal Advocacy Priorities

• FY2013

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COSCDA Priorities

• Community Development
• Housing
• Homelessness
• Cross-Cutting

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Community Development

• Restore Adequate Funding to the CDBG Program
• FY2012 2.9 billion for formula
• 26 reduction in funding since FY2010
• COSCDA supports 3.5 billion for FY13
• Presidents request - 3.1 billion for FY13 (100
  million for Sustainable Communities)

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Community Development

• Grant Flexibility for State Administrative Fees
• Administrative Fee 2 to 5
• 100,000 to 500,000 (no match required)
• No increase in overall administrative cap

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Community Development

• Change Federal Disaster Policy to Expedite
  Recovery Efforts
• 1 billion or more in damages, suspend the
  Davis-Bacon labor standards and NEPA for 12
  months
• CDBG statute and reg requirements should prevail
• Reform Stafford Act

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Housing

• Restore Adequate Funding to the HOME Program
• FY2012 1 billion
• 45 cut from FY2010
• COSCDA supports 1.6 billion
• Presidents request - 1 billion

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Homelessness

• COSCDA supports 2.4 billion for Homeless
  Assistance Programs
• FY2012 1.9 billion
• Presidents request - 2.23 billion

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Homelessness

• Amend the Income Limit for ESG Homelessness
  Prevention to 50 of Median Income
• Currently 30 AMI in HEARTH Act and ESG Interim
  Regulations
• Was 50 AMI in HPRP

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Homelessness

• Amend the statutory cap on ESG Funds to 10 for
  Administrative Purposes
• Currently 7.5 in HEARTH Act and ESG interim
  regulations

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Homelessness

• Provide Flexibility to States in the HEARTH Act
  Regulations
• Flexibility for states in ESG
• States role in CoC
• Enhance the IDIS payment system

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Cross-Cutting

• Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
• Section 3
• Sustainable Communities

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• Linda Thompson
• Director of Advocacy and Federal Programs
• lthompson_at_coscda.org