US Federal housing expenditures: Difference between revisions

In this article we will review various discussions of these point, and what evidence or viewpoints may support the conclusion that low-income funding housing was or was not greatly reduced.

 

US Federal expenditures on low-income housing have increased substantially, in absolute and inflation-adjusted dollar terms, from the 1970s through Reagan's presidency, and to 2019. They have increased substantially in ''direct expenditures ''(spending ''outlays'', mostly through [[United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development_(HUD)|US Department of Housing and Urban Development]]), and additionally via ''tax expenditures ''with the [[Low-Income_Housing_Tax_Credit|Low Income Housing Tax Credit]] (LIHTC) program established in 1986. Also, the number of households receiving some type of low-income housing support has increased significantly [citation needed].

 

c) a view is that the Federal government has effectively withdrawn or disinvested from regulated-affordable housing because it has not nearly met the much-increased need, which it pledged to do for example with&nbsp;the [https://www.yimby.wiki/wiki/Right_to_housing#Preamble_to_the_1949_Housing_Act.C2.A0 1949 Housing Act].&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

 

 

A key proponent of the argument that US post-1980s homelessness is caused by reduced Federal spending has been WRAP.&nbsp;<br/> <br/> "In 2006, WRAP published a Without Housing report that clearly showed the world why America’s 'approach'&nbsp;to ending homelessness has been overwhelmingly ineffective. In 2010, we updated the report, now available in both English and Spanish.

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[[File:HUD-budget-1976-2007-NLIHC-chart.png|thumb|left|800px|HUD expenditures, 1976-2007, from NLIHC 2002]]

<div style="clear: both">Dolbeare, Cushing N¹., and Sheila Crowley²&nbsp;(2002). "Changing Priorities: The Federal Budget and Housing Assistance 1976-2007." National Low Income Housing Coalition, August 2002.&nbsp;[https://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/Changing-Priorities-Report_August-2002.pdf. https://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/Changing-Priorities-Report_August-2002.pdf.&nbsp;]<br /> ¹Founder and Chair Emeritus, National Low Income Housing Coalition<br /> ²President, National Low Income Housing Coalition.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>

 

<br/> Rice, Douglas. "Chart Book: Cuts in Federal Assistance Have Exacerbated Families’ Struggles to Afford Housing." Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 12, 2016.<br/> [https://www.cbpp.org/research/housing/chart-book-cuts-in-federal-assistance-have-exacerbated-families-struggles-to-afford https://www.cbpp.org/research/housing/chart-book-cuts-in-federal-assistance-have-exacerbated-families-struggles-to-afford].