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OCR Page 1 of 272nd DRAFT
THE CLINTON/GORE ADMINISTRATION TIMELINE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES
2000
October 28, 2000
The President signed into law H.R. 4461, the "Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2001." The Act would provide a much-
needed increase in nutrition assistance for low-income families with high housing costs, by increasing the
Food Stamp program housing allowance and by making it easier for low-income families to own a
reliable car. The two changes means that families do not have to choose among buying food, paying their
housing costs, or having a more reliable car.
October 27, 2000
President Clinton signed into law H.R. 4635, the "Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001." The act provided $453
million for 79,000 incremental housing assistance vouchers. Other programs funded by the act include
Community Development Block Grants, assistance to the homeless, the Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, Fair Housing programs, and rural and urban empowerment zones.
The new law helped Public Housing Authorities use some housing vouchers to expand tenant rental
opportunities. For the first time, tenants moving into housing that has a voucher designated to that unit
would not have to give up their rental assistance if their family needs to move.
October 26, 2000
The President announced that according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
America has reached its highest homeownership rates ever (67.7%).
September 12, 2000
The President issued a statement announcing HUD's plan to increase payment levels for Section 8
Housing Choice vouchers. By raising the fair market rent levels in certain difficult housing markets, this
action increased the pool of apartments available to low-income renters by more than 1.4 million units
nationwide.
August 21, 2000
President Clinton signed into law H.R. 3519, the "Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000,"
that increases funding for HUD's Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) Program to
$260 million, a 12% increase from 1999.
August 11, 2000
In a memorandum to the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human
Services, President Clinton directed the issuance of guidance to nonprofit organizations about the second
chance homes model; creation of technical assistance to help communities in establishing or expanding
second chance homes; usage of all available legal authority to provide organizations interested in
establishing second chance homes access to foreclosed, underutilized, and surplus real estate or facilities
at the maximum allowable discount; and clarification that that teen parents in second chance homes may
be eligible for low-income housing vouchers.
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