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FEDERAL PRIORITIES <br />We urge the Oregon delegation to support: <br />Increased federal investment in housing affordable to extremely <br />low-income households, including full funding of the National Housing <br />Trust Fund, the HOME program, the Community Development Block <br />Grant (CDBG), and a doubling of the per capita allocation of Low Income <br />Housing Tax Credits to the states. <br />Increased funding forthe McKinneyVento homelessness program, and <br />increased VASH funding and $500M for Supportive Services for Veteran <br />Families (SSVF) program. Full funding of the Grant Per Diem program, <br />to serve homeless veterans in our cities. <br />Increased funding for the supply of permanent, supportive housing for <br />chronically homeless people, and increased rapid re -housing <br />resources for homeless families and youth. Increased funding to <br />support transitional housing options for youth and people in recovery. <br />Tax credits or other incentives for communities that convert vacant or <br />foreclosed properties into sustainable housing for veterans, <br />chronically homeless, or youth <br />Services targeted towards homeless people through federal <br />departments other than HUD - including the Substance Abuse and <br />Mental Health Services Administration, the Department of Labor, the <br />Department of Health and Human Services, and the Veterans <br />Administration. <br />Regulatory flexibility and equitable allocation of resources for <br />communities to utilize private market housing, which would make the <br />use of federal and local resources more effective, and reduce local <br />inefficiencies created by incompatible federal practices. <br />Expanding support for local communities in: seeking waivers to <br />increase flexible use of ending homelessness funding, expanding <br />access to Moving to Work authority for our local housing authorities, <br />and amending program rules to allow effective integration of local and <br />federal transitional and rapid re -housing programs with long-term <br />voucher programs. <br />C <br />.� 3U.._. - `- -AaL <br />