In the five years since the passage of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA), discretionary programs have been slashed by $2T under sequestration budget cuts
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NDD United and the Coalition on Human Needs are two of the organizations circulating a petition for a People’s Budget that provides for our most vulnerable.
The cuts in most NDD programs compared to 2017 alone will likely be significantly larger than the 11 percent overall funding reduction.Trump’s plans to raise defense by $54 billion in 2018 and cut domestic spending by the same amount would lower spending 11 percent below this year’s level.
The spending caps return in full-force for the fiscal year FY18 appropriations process and will force lawmakers to make deep cuts to housing programs.
Sign the Clean Budget Coalition letter urging Congress to pass full-year spending bills without harmful policy riders that threaten vital housing funding.
