President Barack Obama will submit his FY17 budget request to Congress on February 9 at 11am ET. The request will detail the Administration’s priorities for the coming fiscal year. While few details about the budget have been made public yet, Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan announced while speaking at a retirement celebration for NLIHC President and CEO Sheila Crowley on January 28 that the request will include “good news” on efforts to end homelessness. Director Donovan had previously announced that the budget will included funds for mobility counseling and expansion of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) (Memo,1/19/16).
HUD will hold a briefing on its portion of the FY17 budget proposal on February 9 at 1pm ET. The briefing will be webcast. To join the webcast, go to http://portalapps.hud.gov/HUDMediaChannel/liveplayer.jsp or, with captions, to http://portalapps.hud.gov/HUDMediaChannel/liveplayer_secondary.jsp.
The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) will hold its annual Budget Proposal webinar on Thursday, February 11 at 12:30pm ET. The NAEH webinar will provide an overview of the federal budget process and an analysis of the President’s proposed funding levels for affordable housing and homelessness programs. Register for NAEH’s Budget Proposal webinar at: http://bit.ly/1VVhxV6
The National Housing Conference (NHC) will hold its Annual Budget Forum via webcast on Thursday, February 18 from 2pm to 4pm ET. Speakers will discuss what President Obama's FY17 budget proposes for housing, the housing implications of tax reform, and the outlook for federal funding of affordable housing. Register for the NHC Budget Forum at: http://www.nhc.org/#!budget-forum/fshqz.