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May Revision keeps billions in current housing rounds but proposes no new ongoing housing dollars; advocates urge restoring LIHTC and HAP
Summary
HCD told the Assembly subcommittee it has roughly $3.4 billion in active rounds to administer; the May Revision proposes no new ongoing affordable housing or homelessness funding and includes a $31.7 million reversion. Housing advocates and cities pressed the Legislature to restore long-term commitments such as LIHTC and HAP.
The Department of Housing and Community Development told Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 that the May Revision contains no new ongoing affordable housing or homelessness appropriations but retains several existing award rounds and one-time allocations the department is administering.
"HCD has $3,400,000,000 in existing funding that we are working on expeditiously getting out the door," Deputy Director Matt Schuler told the subcommittee. Schuler listed funds that remain available to the department, including $2.25 billion for Homekey Plus, a $775 million Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities round, a multifamily funding package totaling about $382 million and a tribal multifamily set-aside of $54 million. HCD also described $200 million in a flexible housing pool from Proposition 35 over…
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