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1:   (HUD SPENDING) Senate Sets FY 2011 Spending Marks : Following House appropriators by a week, the Senate Appropriations Committee sets its spending levels for HUD programs in an effort to have them on record for a stopgap spending 07/23/2010 1:04 PM

2:   (HUD SPENDING) Senate To Take Up HUD Money Bill : Even though both chambers of Congress have tentatively decided to shelve final consideration of the FY 2011 appropriations bill until after the November elections, the Senate will move its version of the 07/16/2010 1:13 PM

3:   (BUDGET) Stage Set For FY 2011 HUD Spending : HUD would receive $46.6 billion in FY 2011 if a budget blueprint crafted by the House HUD appropriations subcommittee is ultimately adopted. The HUD level is $520 million more that the FY 07/09/2010 12:49 PM

4:   (SPENDING) Budget Murmurs But No Action : House appropriators indicate they may begin marking up proposed FY 2011 spending request before the July 4 recess, but there is no guarantee because a budget resolution setting an overall ceiling on 06/18/2010 12:57 PM

5:   (BUDGET) FY12 Spending Blueprint Guideline : Expect the Obama administration's FY 2012 budget proposal to be bare-bones. Office of Management & Budget Director Peter Orszag sends a guidance memo to all federal departments, ordering them 06/18/2010 12:26 PM

6:   (SPENDING LAW) Buildup To Stopgap Spending Heightens : Discussion about the FY 2011 budget increasingly is muted on Capitol Hill as lawmakers cast an ever-worried eye on the November mid-term elections and want to avoid an unnecessary 05/13/2010 3:49 PM

7:   (BUDGET) Letters Plead For Housing Money : Several "Dear Colleague" letters are circulating in the House in an effort to rouse support for more money for housing programs in light of an anticipated financial crunch once the respective congressional 03/12/2010 12:59 PM

8:   (TAXES) Tax Changes Rile Housing Industry : In an effort to boost federal revenue, President Barack Obama proposes elimination of the mortgage interest income tax deduction for what the White House considers high-income earners -- couples earning $250,000 or more a 02/03/2010 3:59 PM

9:   (HUD) Most Housing Programs Hold Line : While the Obama administration's first official budget blueprint shows HUD programs largely static from FY 2010, the FY 2011 spending plan shuffles money around the ensure there will be 02/02/2010 3:31 PM

10:   (HUD OMB) OMB, HUD In Heated Budget Flap : HUD Secy. Shaun Donovan has been warring with the Office of Management & Budget over the status of HUD's FY 2011 budget proposal with Donovan apparently on the losing end so far. HUD 01/15/2010 1:19 PM

11:   (APPROPRIATIONS) Cash Crunch Curbs Spending Bills : Faced with a nearly empty cash drawer, looming expiration of the year's second stopgap spending law, a fractious Senate mired in healthcare reform, and pork-laden FY 2010 appropriations 12/04/2009 1:20 PM

12:   (HUD SPENDING) HUD Spending Plan Dormant : With no movement scheduled or anticipated on HUD's FY 2010 spending plan, housing trade groups begin to caution constituents that they may be forced to spend at FY 2009 levels through the end 10/16/2009 12:56 PM

13:   (SPENDING) Stopgap Spending Law In Works : Congressional Democrats are maneuvering to approve a continuing resolution to keep government in operation past the end of FY 2009 on Sept. 30 by attaching the proposal to the FY 2010 legislative 09/25/2009 11:28 AM

14:   (SPENDING) House/Senate Parley On HUD Spending : Negotiators from both chambers are expected to be named quickly to resolve differences in the proposed FY 2010 HUD appropriations bill when the measure finally clears the Senate. The House 09/11/2009 12:19 PM

15:   (HISPANIC) NOFA For Hispanic Institutions : HUD makes available $6 million in a Notice of Funding Availability for Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities. The money targets housing, neighborhood revitalization and economic 07/17/2009 12:22 PM

16:   (BUDGET) Housing Counseling Funds Skyrocket in Budget : President Barack Obama's FY2010 budget proposal would double the federal allocation for the purpose of housing counseling services in part to lessen the likelihood of another wave of foreclosure problems a few years down the road. The proposed budget... 05/21/2009 2:09 PM

17:   (BUDGET) Wary Approach To FY 2010 Budget : Questions about the Obama administration's approach to subsidies for public housing operating and capital funding prompt at least one public housing trade group to adopt a wait-and-see approach until 05/15/2009 12:56 PM

18:   (BUDGET) Mixed Approach To Housing Programs : Housing counseling assistance would a huge increase, in the administration's FY2010 budget. HUD maintains the program is essential to the viability of the Making Home Affordable program initiated to ease the mortgage default rate. 05/08/2009 3:04 PM

19:   (BUDGET) HUD Chief: Strengthening FHA Key to 2010 Budget : Hours after the unveiling of the Obama administration's proposed FY2010 budget, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan calls the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) program the most important piece in a pending housing turnaround. 05/07/2009 7:49 PM

20:   (BUDGET) Donovan Puts Obama Stamp On HUD : HOPE VI is gone, the American Dream Downpayment Initiative is deep-sixed, and the new Nat'l Housing Trust Fund is heralded by HUD Secy. Shaun Donovan as the new look for the post-housing 05/07/2009 4:52 PM

21:   (BUDGET) Budget Debate Likely For Fast Track : With both congressional chambers more firmly in President Barack Obama's pocket, deliberations on the FY 2010 spending plan likely will be pro-forma with the real decisions reached behind closed 05/01/2009 12:21 PM

22:   Budget Remains On Drawing Board : Congress is expected to tackle the FY 2010 budget resolution next week after spending the week following their return from the Easter/Passover recess clearing the legislative deck to wrestle with 04/24/2009 12:54 PM

23:   Differing Budget Blueprints Approved : In almost strictly partisan fashion, the House and Senate approve what largely is President Barack Obama's FY 2010 spending blueprint. The slightly differing spending ceilings -- $3.53 trillion in 04/03/2009 12:35 PM

24:   FY 2010 Housing Budget Looking Bleak : Centrist Senate Democrats hold the key on whether HUD programs will get a spending boost in FY 2010. Sources tell HAL the moderates Democrats are getting jitters from constituent reaction to 03/27/2009 1:09 PM

25:   Search On For FY 2010 Money : With FY 2009 HUD appropriations certified by Congress and the White House, attention now turns to the Obama administration's FY 2010 budget blueprint and how to scrape up enough money to 03/20/2009 12:43 PM

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