HUD's 1998 Budget Summary

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary

• Averting a Section 8 Housing Crisis

• Renewing Expiring Section 8 Contracts
• Ending Excessive Subsidies to Landlords

• Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities
Expanding Rental Housing Opportunities

• Transforming Public Housing
• Increasing the Supply of Affordable Rental Housing
• Increasing the Number of Rental Certificates and Vouchers
• Expanding Continuum of Care Strategies to Reduce Homelessness

Increasing Homeownership Opportunities for All Americans


• FHA Administrative Improvements
• Homeownership Zones
• Ginnie Mae Targeted Urban Ownership Initiative
• The National Homeownership Strategy

Ensuring Fair Housing


• Twenty-four Million Dollars for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP)
• Fifteen Million Dollars for the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP)
• Making Welfare Reform Work
Creating Jobs

• Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, Round II
• Economic Development Initiative/Section 108/CDBG
• Redeveloping Contaminated Brownfields

Using Housing Assistance Strategically to Link Welfare Recipients to Jobs


• Incremental Rental Assistance Linked to Welfare Reform
• Regional Outreach Counseling
• Rent Incentives to Reward Work

Providing and Leveraging Supportive Services


• Bridges to Work
• Public Housing Supportive Services
• Nieghborhood Networks
• Youthbuild
• Restoring the Public Trust
Demanding Accountability from Recipients, Providers, and Program Administrators

• Operation Safe Home
• Cracking Downon Irresponsible Landlords
• Continued Aggressive Intervention in Troubled Public Housing Authorities
• "One Strike and You're Out" Policy

Putting HUD's House in Order


• Leveraging the Nation's Leading Business Experts
• Investing in Integrated Financial Management Systems
• Downsizing the Department

Appendix A. Discretionary Budget Authority by Program, Fiscal Years 1996-1998

Appendix B. Total Budget Authority by Program, Comparative Summary, Fiscal Years 1996-1998

Appendix C. Total Budget Authority by Program, Comparative Summary, Fiscal Years 1999-2002

Appendix D. Discretionary Budget Outlays by Program, Fiscal Years 1996-1998

Appendix E. Total Budget Outlays by Program, Comparative Summary, Fiscal Years 1996-1998

Appendix F. Total Budget Outlays by Program, Comparative Summary, Fiscal Years 1999-2002