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Skip to Content ↵ENTER Skip to Menu ↵ENTER Skip to Footer ↵ENTER Menu Close Clear SearchLoading Quick Find Inflation Reduction Act Leadership Meetings Member Savings 0 * Shop * Login * Join Now * NAHB Community * Community Home * Member Benefits * HBAs * Leadership and Committees * Councils * Awards * Directories * News and Economics * Industry News * Press Room * Housing Economics * Housing Economics PLUS * Digital Media and Publications * Advocacy * Advocacy Overview * Top Priorities * Industry Issues * State and Local * NAHB Policies * Get Involved * Legal Issues * Education and Events * Education * Professional Development * Meetings and Events * The International Builders' Show * Why NAHB * Value of Membership * Types of Membership * NAHB Past Chairmen and Presidents * About NAHB * NAHB * Blog * Government Funding Bill Includes Additional $4.5 Billion for HUD GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL INCLUDES ADDITIONAL $4.5 BILLION FOR HUD Legislative Contacts: Scott Meyer smeyer@nahb.org (202) 266-8144 Michael Mittelholzer mmittelholzer@nahb.org (202) 266-8660 Published Dec 23, 2022 Share: AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to LinkedInLinkedInShare to PrintPrint Congress has approved a $1.72 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through fiscal 2023, which ends on Sept. 30, 2023. Of note to the housing community, the measure includes a total of $58.2 billion for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, an increase of $4.5 billion above fiscal year 2022. Key Funding Levels The HUD spending includes: * $85 million for a new "Yes In My Backyard" (YIMBY) grant program championed by NAHB that will incentivize affordable housing production. The new competitive YIMBY grant program will reward state, local and regional jurisdictions that have made progress in improving inclusionary zoning practices, land use policies and housing infrastructure that will ultimately increase the supply of affordable housing. * $30.3 billion for Tenant-based Rental Assistance to continue to serve more than 2.3 million very low- and extremely low-income households nationwide. This level of funding also includes $50 million to expand housing assistance to nearly 12,000 low-income families. * $14.9 billion for Project-based Rental Assistance to continue to house more than 1.2 million very low- and low-income households nationwide, an increase of $967 million above fiscal year 2022. * $1.5 billion for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, which will lead to the construction of thousands of new rental and home buyer units and sustain the record level of investment from fiscal year 2022. * $12.3 billion for Community Planning and Development, an increase of $2.3 billion above fiscal year 2022, including $3.3 billion for Community Development Block Grants. The Department of Labor funding also includes: * $2.9 billion for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act State Grants, an increase of $50 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. * $285 million for Registered Apprenticeships, an increase of $50 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. * $105 million for YouthBuild, an increase of $6 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. * $1.76 billion for Job Corps, an increase of $12 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. Flood Insurance Extended The spending bill also means that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will be extended through Sept. 30, 2023. NAHB continues to work with Congress to achieve a long-term reauthorization of the NFIP that will keep the program fiscally sound and let builders provide safe and affordable housing. A Wetlands Permitting Victory Through the efforts of NAHB and Virginia’s state and local HBAs, the Energy and Water section of the massive appropriations bill includes two provisions focused on identifying and addressing longstanding federal wetland permitting delays NAHB members are experiencing with the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers (Corps). First, Congress directed the Corps leadership to issue a report within three months that quantifies the permit backlogs and Corps permit writer staffing shortages across all Corps districts offices. Second, Congress provided an additional $8 million to the Corps Regulatory Program to put toward addressing staffing shortages. Taken together, these two measures should quantify and begin to address longstanding wetland permitting delays experienced by NAHB's members. A Win on H-2B Visas In a victory for NAHB, we were able to omit a provision from being included in the massive spending bill that would have targeted the multifamily and commercial construction sectors for exclusion from the H-2B program. H-2B visas allow employers to hire foreign workers who come temporarily to the United States and perform temporary non-agricultural services or labor — including construction work — on a one-time, seasonal, peak-load or intermittent basis. NAHB told lawmakers that such a move would "ultimately exacerbate the affordable housing problems already ravaging the market" and that "further hindering the ability of the multifamily industry to find workers to supplement the U.S. workforce stands to harm thousands of American families." Smoke Detector Concerns Of concern to NAHB, the spending package includes a bill that forces compliance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 72, which requires using a 10-year, non-rechargeable, sealed battery smoke detector in federally assisted housing units. According to NFPA, there is no smoke alarm capable of emitting the low frequency 520 Hz required by the NFPA 72 to notify persons with hearing loss. Furthermore, the bill's hearing loss provisions are overly broad and will require the unnecessary installation of equipment in all federally assisted housing instead of focusing efforts on solutions for occupants actually experiencing hearing loss. NAHB will work with the new Congress to seek cost-effective and feasible solutions to allow for flexibilities regarding compliance with NFPA 72 while still providing suitable notifications for persons with hearing loss. 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To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more. This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs. Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. 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In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images. It provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts embedded within the image using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website. 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A screen-reader is installed on the blind user’s computer, and this site is compatible with it. * Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements. Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments 1. Font adjustments – users can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more. 2. Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds with over seven different coloring options. 3. Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions. 4. Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize essential elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only. 5. Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly. 6. Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others. 7. Additional functions – we allow users to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions. Assistive technology and browser compatibility We aim to support as many browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS, and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and MAC users. Notes, comments, and feedback Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating, improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility following technological advancements. If you wish to contact the website’s owner, please use the website's form Hide Accessibility Interface? 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