DEADLINE TODAY: Sign On To Protect HUD Funding in FY 2014 Appropriations Process



This is a critical moment to support federal funding for housing and community development. The Congressional Appropriations Committees are deciding how much money to allocate for FY 2014 funding for affordable [...]

President’s FY 2014 Budget Released: Funding for Affordable Housing and Homelessness

The Indiana Association for Community Economic Development is proud to serve as the Indiana state partner for the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). On April 10, 2013 the Coalition [...]

Action Alert: Ask Your Member of Congress to Sign On and Support Funding for the HOME Investments Partnership Program (HOME)

Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) is circulating the “Dear Colleague” letter below among her colleagues in the House of Representatives. Representative Fudge’s letter asks members of the House Appropriations Committee to provide at least $1.6 billion of funding for the HOME Program in FY 2014. Please urge your Member of Congress in the House of Representatives to sign onto this letter. The deadline for House Members to sign the letter is close of business Tuesday, April 9.

Imminent Sequestration Cuts Jeopardize Critical Programs, Impact Vulnerable Hoosiers

Today, Congress failed to reach a last minute deal toprevent $85.3 billion in across-the-board federal discretionary spending cuts from going into effect Friday. While Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike have [...]

President Obama Unveils Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal

  On February 13, 2012, the Obama Administration unveiled its FY 2013 Budget Request.  While IACED supports many of the President’s funding requests for programs within the Department of Housing [...]

Federal Funding for Community Development is Cut in Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations

Congress has been working on the annual appropriations bills to fund the federal government.  Read IACED’s last blog post here. On November 14, a joint House and Senate conference committee [...]

Federal Appropriations for Human Services and Community Development

The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) recently hosted a webinar on the Federal budget and 2012 appropriations related to federal housing programs. The webinar reviewed: House and Senate budget [...]

Action Alert: Federal Budget Continuing Resolution

After weeks of heated debate over the federal budget, Congressional leaders reached an agreement on funding the remainder of fiscal year 2011 just 2 hours shy of the April 8 [...]

Updated: Federal Government Shutdown Looms

As of noon on Thursday, April 7, U.S. House and Senate leaders conceded that a last minute agreement to prevent a government shutdown is unlikely at this point.  Congressional negotiators [...]

Urgent Action Required on the Federal Budget

Overview The federal budget debate on Capitol Hill has reached a fever pitch this week.  The current Continuing Resolution (CR), a temporary federal funding stopgap measure put into place until [...]