Resolution #7: Preserving And Expanding Section 8 and Other Affordable Housing strongly urges Congress to provide full funding in FY 2001 of the Administration’s estimated $13 billion in budget authority needed for Section 8 contract renewals.

Resolution #8: A Comprehensive Federal Plan for America’s Homeless urges Congress and the Administration to expeditiously enact legislation that moves the Shelter Plus Care renewals under the Section 8 program and provides dedicated full funding for the renewal of these contracts.

Resolution #10: Support for Direct Action by Localities And Federal Legislation That Reduce Predatory Lending urges member cities to look at appropriate options for direct action by city governments to reduce predatory lending.

Resolution #11: Cdbg and Home Programs urges CDBG to be funded in FY 2001 at $5 billion and HOME at $2 billion.

Resolution #13 Lead-Based Paint urges Congress to provide additional CDBG and HOME appropriations to implement the final Lead-Based Paint regulation, "Requirements for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally Owned Residential Property and Housing Receiving Federal Assistance" without reducing the number of units assisted by these programs.

Resolution #14: Supporting the President’s Fy2001 Budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development applauds the President for providing additional program resources to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and supports full funding for the Department’s FY2001 Budget request.

Resolution #15: Elderly Plus urges Congress to appropriate an additional $250 million in the VA-HUD and Independent Agencies to support capital improvements for elderly developments in public housing.

Resolution #16: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Volume Increase And Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bond Volume Cap Increase supports legislation that would increase the low-income housing tax credit volume cap from $1.25 per capita to $1.75 per capita, while indexing it for inflation.

Resolution #17: Funding for Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities calls on Congress to provide funding in the amount of $1.6 billion over the next eight years for the 40 Round II Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities.

Resolution #18: Rewrite of Public Insurance urges the President, Congress and FEMA to ensure that a comprehensive and detailed financial impact analysis be conducted with the active input of the affected public entities before any change in the rule is considered.

Resolution #19: Supporting the Final Report of the National Drought Policy Commission supports the Final Report of the National Drought Policy Commission and pledges to assist in the implementation of its recommendations.  

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