Columbus (OH) Mayor Michael B. Coleman, Chair
May 29, 2006

Resolution #19 Supporting the Community Development Block Grant (Cdbg) calls for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to be increased to no less than $4.3 billion in FY2007.

Resolution #20: Supporting the Home Investment Partnerships (Home) Program supports increased funding for the HOME program formula to at least $1.8 billion in FY 2007.

Resolution #21: Expanding Hud’s Definition of Homelessness requests that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development include within its definition of homelessness people who are sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reasons, and those who are staying in motels because of the lack of adequate alternative accommodations.

Resolution #22: Endorsing Innovative Policies to Successfully End Chronic Homelessness Across the Nation supports the increased investment in proven strategies that end chronic homelessness, such as permanent housing with supportive services; and the preservation/restoration of existing federal programs that support homeless services and ten year plans.

Resolution #23: Improving Homelessness Programs and Continuum of Care supports HUD’s ability to streamline the awarding process and ensure that there not be any net funding reductions for these consolidated homelessness programs and that none should result from this comprehensive consolidation.

Resolution #24: Consolidated Homeless Program Resolution supports HUD’s ability to streamline the awarding process and that the match process currently in place should be simplified and made consistent across activities.

Resolution #25: Local Approval of Housing Tax Credits in Katrina Disaster Areas urges the U.S. Congress to amend the GO-Zone legislation to ensure that local governments have final approval authority prior to the awarding of tax credits for development under the GO-Zone Act of 2005.

Resolution #26: Full Funding of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Program urges HUD to request full and adequate funding for the Section 8 HCV Program and to provide for enhanced program flexibility to help local Housing Authorities accomplish the maximum benefit and serve the largest number of individuals possible with the funds made available.

Resolution #27: Predatory Lending Support for Federal Legislation to Strengthen Homeowner Protections from Abusive and Predatory Lending Practices supports the enactment of federal legislation that will provide federal homeowner protections from abusive and predatory lending practices that are at least as strong as the strongest law at the state and local level.

Resolution #28: Improving Housing Opportunities: Endorsing More Federal Funds for Senior Housing asks the federal government to fully fund critical senior housing programs, particularly at a time when the senior population only continues to grow.

Resolution #29: Improving Housing Opportunities: Maximizing Federal Housing Funding asks the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to work with cities to ensure that federal funding is maximized, not reduced, when different housing funding streams are combined in affordable and mixed-income housing developments.

Resolution #30: Promoting Stable Homeownership: Endorsing More Federal Funds for Housing Counseling asks the Department of Housing and Urban Development to commit more resources to pre-purchase and post-purchase counseling.

Resolution #31: Modernization of Fha calls on Congress to pass legislation modernizing the Federal Housing Administration, its operations, processes, and technologies.

Resolution #32: Resolution of Support for Modernizing Fha: Expanding American Homeownership supports the legislative initiative proposed earlier this year by the Administration and urges Congress to act promptly to provide flexibility to FHA to allow for the insurance of housing loans for low- and moderate-income homebuyers during all economic cycles in the mortgage market.

Resolution #33: Resolution of Support for Affordable Housing Preservation by Extension of Hud’s Mark-to-Market Program urges Congress to enact legislation immediately to extend the authorities of the Mark-to-Market program, currently scheduled to sunset September 30, 2006.