Federal Appropriations

Federal programs are funded through an appropriations cycle each fiscal year (October 1 – September 30). The Administration requests funding from Congress toward the beginning of the calendar year. Congress then drafts appropriations bills through House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees. The Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittees have jurisdiction over funding for HUD programs. Below is a table of COSCDA funding priorities that documents funding proposals for the upcoming fiscal year. 

COSCDA Funding Priorities: Fiscal Year (FY) 2025

HUD Program (in millions) FY24 Enacted FY25 COSCDA FY25 President FY25 House FY25 Senate FY25 Enacted

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

$4,200

TBD

HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) 

$2,500

TBD

Homeless Assistance Grant (HAG) 

$3,900

TBD

Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG)

$600

TBD

HUD Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD)

$173

TBD

Funding Outlook for Newer Grant Programs

PRO Housing is a new competitive grant program open to states and local communities that are actively taking steps to remove barriers to affordable housing, such as: 

  • Barriers caused by outdated zoning, land use polices, or regulations; 
  • Inefficient procedures; 
  • Gaps in available resources for development; 
  • Deteriorating or inadequate infrastructure; 
  • Lack of neighborhood amenities; or 
  • Challenges to preserving existing housing stock such as increasing threats from natural hazards, redevelopment pressures, or expiration of affordability requirements. 

HUD has already awarded $85 million in FY23 PRO Housing grants and closed the NOFO for $100 million in FY24 funding on October 15, 2024. More information is available on HUD’s website. PRO Housing funding proposals for FY25 include: 

  • Biden Administration: $100 million (funding set aside from CDBG)
  • House THUD: No new funding
  • Senate THUD: $100 million (Refers to the program as Yes In My Backyard [YIMBY] Incentive Grant Program)
  • FY25 Enacted: TBD

The Recovery Housing Program (RHP) was authorized under Section 8071 of the Support for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act. RHP allows States and D.C. to provide stable, transitional housing for individuals in recovery from a substance-use disorder. 

Congress has appropriated a total of $105 million for RHP since Fiscal Year 2020, with the most recent appropriation being $30 million in FY24. Proposals for RHP funding in FY25 include: 

  • Biden Administration: $30 million 
  • House THUD: $30 million 
  • Senate THUD: $30 million 
  • FY25 Enacted: TBD

PRICE is a new grant program that uses the CDBG statutory and regulatory framework to support communities in their efforts to maintain, protect, and stabilize manufactured housing and manufactured housing communities (MHCs). 

Congress first funded PRICE at $225 million in FY23. HUD included an additional $10 million from FY24 appropriations in its 2024 PRICE NOFO. Learn more about the program on the HUD website. 

FY25 funding proposals include the following: 

  • Biden Administration: No new funding
  • House THUD: $10 million 
  • Senate THUD: $10 million 
  • FY25 Enacted: TBD

Congress re-started congressionally-directed spending grants (informally called “earmarks”) in FY22. HUD is responsible for administering projects that fall under the Economic Development Initiative – Community Project Funding (CPF) grants program. CPF grants provide investment in a wide variety of projects such as housing, homelessness prevention, workforce training, public facilities, parks, resilience planning and other critical infrastructure and services. More information is available on the HUD website

CPF grants have received over $7.7 billion from Congress since FY22. Funding proposals for FY25 include: 

  • Biden Administration: No new funding
  • House THUD: $2.176 billion 
  • Senate THUD: $1.187 billion 
  • FY25 Enacted: TBD