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Potential Impacts of HUD Budget Cuts on Local Communities, FY 2000

ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY TOTAL DOLLARS LOST JOB IMPACT 1 IMPACT ON HOMELESS and PERSONS WITH AIDS 2 IMPACT ON HOUSING FOR FAMILIES 3
ALEXANDRIA 720,000 23 1 91
BATON ROUGE 1,683,000 134 10 169
BOSSIER CITY 103,000 17 1 3
HOUMA-TERREBONNE 511,000 44 2 49
KENNER 414,000 23 1 58
LAFAYETTE 783,000 57 4 77
LAKE CHARLES 1,344,000 29 1 198
MONROE 1,199,000 33 1 172
NEW ORLEANS 8,539,000 453 129 863
SHREVEPORT 1,674,000 88 7 208
SLIDELL 224,000 5 0 32
THIBODAUX 20,000 7 0 0
JEFFERSON PARISH 1,553,000 115 8 186
LOUISIANA (other areas) 7,525,000 846 90 452
TOTAL FOR STATE $26,292,000 1,873 257 2,557

1 Includes CDBG and BEDI, and assumes $2626 cost per job created--national average for CDBG entitlement communities from 94 GPR (most recent cost figure available).

2 Includes COC, ESG, and HOPWA, and assumes $1080 cost per person served for the COC portion (approx. 85% of the homeless dollars lost) (cost from '98 applications) and $284 cost per person for the ESG portion (approx. 15% of the homeless dollars lost).

3 Includes HOME, and assumes $17,520 cost per unit--average of national average for HOME rental assistance ($19,951) and HOME homeowner rehab ($15,088). Also includes Public Housing Capital and HOPE VI, and assumes $18,510 cost per unit--national average from Abt study of public housing modernization needs (as of June 1999). Includes housing voucher dollars lost, and assumes $5,700 cost per unit--national average.

Content Archived: January 20, 2009

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