President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Proposal
President Biden unveiled his fiscal year 2022 budget proposal today, which lays out his government funding recommendations across a wide range of policy areas and represents the Biden Administrations starting point as Congress begins the appropriations process. In her response to the President’s budget proposal today, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge stated:
“Addressing our nation’s urgent housing challenges and building a more affordable, equitable, and resilient housing system demands strong federal leadership backed by robust federal funding. President Biden’s FY22 discretionary funding request turns the page on years of inadequate and harmful spending requests and instead empowers HUD to meet the housing needs of families and communities across the country. I am particularly pleased that the request proposes more than $30 billion to expand housing vouchers to an additional 200,000 low-income families. I look forward to working with the President to advance HUD’s critical priorities.”
The President’s 2022 discretionary request for HUD is $68.7 billion, an increase of $9 billion over the 2021 enacted level and includes:
- $30.4 billion to Expand Housing Choice Vouchers. This represent an increase of $5.4 billion over the 2021 enacted level would maintain services for all currently assisted families and expand assistance to an additional 200,000 households, prioritizing those who are homeless or fleeing domestic violence. This funding also includes mobility-related supportive services to provide low-income families who live in racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty with greater options to move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods.
- $800 million to Modernize and Improve Energy Efficiency. This includes investments across HUD programs for modernization and rehabilitation aimed at energy efficiency and resilience to environmental impacts, such as severe floods.
- $3.2 billion for Public Housing Modernization Grants, an increase of $435 million above the 2021 enacted level.
- $1.9 billion for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. This represents a $500 million increase from the previous year and would be used for constructing and rehabilitating affordable rental housing.
- $180 million for New Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Housing. This funding would be used to support 2,000 new rental units in affordable housing for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, and to support independent living.
- $3.8 billion for the Community Development Block Grant program. This includes an increase of $295 million to incentivize communities to direct formula funds toward the modernization and rehabilitation of public infrastructure and facilities in historically underfunded and marginalized communities facing persistent poverty.
- $400 million Lead Hazard and Healthy Homes Grants. This includes an increase of $40 million, for State and local governments and nonprofits to reduce lead-based paint and other health hazards in the homes of low-income families with young children and at-risk communities.
- $ 85 million to Prevent and Redress Housing Discrimination. This includes grants to support State and local fair housing enforcement organizations and to further education, outreach, and training on rights and responsibilities under Federal fair housing laws. The request also would provide funding for increasing HUD staff and operations capacity.
The President’s 2022 discretionary request includes $27.8 billion for USDA, a $3.8 billion or 16-percent increase from the 2021 enacted level. This includes:
- $65 million to Expand Broadband Access. Provides an increase of $65 million over the 2021 enacted level for Reconnect, the Rural e-Connectivity Program which provides a down payment for grants and loans to deploy broadband to unserved areas and tribal lands.
- $32 million Grow Rural Economies and Tackle Rural Poverty. This includes funding for a renewed and expanded initiative to leverage USDA’s network of offices to coordinate with other Federal agencies on an all-of-Government approach to connect rural stakeholders with Federal programs and resources.
Once the President’s full detailed budget request is released this summer, lawmakers will use the President’s request as a guide in deciding how much funding to provide to federal agencies in FY2022. In addition to the reviewing the President’s budget proposal, Congress has also started work on the President’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal (American Jobs Act) which includes providing an additional $213 billion for the construction and preservation of affordable housing.
To view President Biden’s FY2022 Funding Request Proposal, click here.
To view President Biden’s FY22 Funding Request for HUD factsheet, click here.