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It states it "will serve as a roadmap for joint action by Council agencies to guide the development of programs and budget proposals towards a set of measurable targets. (It will) reflect interagency agreement on a set of priorities and strategies the agencies will pursue over a five-year period," and will encourage states to develop their own plans based on the federal model. Given their dire conditions, expect little accomplished beyond lip service at a time budget cutting is top priority.
NCFH Recommendations
-- allocate $10 billion for National Housing Trust Fund for two years to rehabilitate or build 100,000 rental homes for the lowest income households;
-- provide $3.6 billion for 400,000 new housing units for two years;
-- Budget $2 billion for the homelessness prevention component of the Emergency Shelter Grant for two years;
-- devote one-third of housing program resources for homeless families or ones at risk;
-- protect in jeopardy renters in properties in or facing foreclosure by requiring banks and other mortgage holders to approve affordable loan modifications;
-- provide $210 million for Subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act;
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