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Resolutions Adopted at the
67th Annual Conference of Mayors
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 11-15, 1999 |
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
RESOLUTION ON THE PRESIDENT’S FY2000 BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the President has proposed a $28.035 billion HUD budget for Fiscal 2000;
and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program would increase
from $4,750 billion in fiscal 1999 to $4.775 in Fiscal 2000; and
WHEREAS, special purpose grants would once again decrease under the
President’s proposed budget, thereby making more CDBG funds available for entitlement
allocations to cities and urban counties; and
WHEREAS, the President’s FY2000 budget for the Department of Housing and
Urban Development proposes $37 million dollars for the creation of America’s private
Investment Companies (APIC); and
WHEREAS, the Clinton Administration has shepherded one of the greatest periods
of economic growth, creating 17.7 million new jobs and record highs on Wall Street, yet
there are still concentrations of poverty and joblessness that continue to have a
devastating impact on America’s cities; and
WHEREAS, APIC is part of the President’s New Market Initiative to address
this problem; and
WHEREAS, the President proposes a new Regional Connections Initiative that would
be funded at $50 million and expand on the historic collaboration of the USCM and NACo
through the Joint Center for Sustainable Communities; and
WHEREAS, the proposed budget increases the HOME Investment Partnerships program
by $10 billion from $1.6 in Fiscal 1999 to $1.610 billion in Fiscal 2000; and
WHEREAS, the budget increases homelessness assistance from $975 million to
$1.020 billion; and
WHEREAS, to expand HUD’s role in assisting welfare recipients find jobs,
the President recommends that 25,000 of the 100,000 incremental vouchers included in his
budget be designated as welfare-to-work vouchers in order to help welfare recipients find
jobs close to where new jobs are being created; and
WHEREAS, the President proposes a new Regional Connections Initiative that would
be funded at $50 million and expand on the historic collaboration of the U.S.,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The U.S. Conference of Mayors applauds the
President for providing additional program resources to the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, and supports full funding for the Department’s FY2000 Budget
request including additional funding for CDBG, HOME, homelessness assistance, housing
vouchers; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that The U.S. Conference of Mayors strongly supports the
creation of American Private Investment Companies; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that The U.S. Conference of Mayors strongly supports the
funding of Regional Connections.
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