On June 5, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved, 29-1, the FY2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies spending bill (S. 2438). The Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved the bill on June 3.
According to the committee report, the bill would provide $54.439 billion in discretionary funding for programs at the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This amount is $3.6 billion over FY2014 and $3.4 billion over President Obama’s FY2015 request. The House version of the bill (H.R. 4745) would allocate $52 billion (see The Source, 5/23/14).
The chart below details funding levels for the programs within the bill that are important to women and their families.
| Program/Agency | FY2014 | President’s FY2015 Request | House FY2015 | Senate FY2015 |
| Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS | $330 million | $332 million | $303 million | $330 million |
| Family Self-Sufficiency program | $75 million | $75 million | $75 million | $75 million |
The committee would provide $1 million “[t]o help support HUD’s work to ensure that housing providers are fulfilling their responsibilities under VAWA [Violence Against Women Act (P.L. 113-4)], and to improve coordination between domestic violence support and housing systems” (p. 146).
The committee also urges HUD to “work with communities to help ensure they have appropriate housing available for domestic violence survivors” (p. 129).
