September 2, 2026 — Last night, the House voted to approve the Senate-passed Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded through December 11. Enacting the CR removes the possibility of a government shutdown before the midterm elections, allowing members of Congress to turn their attention to the upcoming election season. The FY 2027 budget process continues, as the Senate has yet to release any appropriations bill. The House released their bills in late May, which were quickly approved. Visit NAHRO’s Action Alert Center to send a letter supporting responsible housing and community development funding for FY 2027 today!

The Senate passed the CR by an overwhelming 90-6 vote before leaving for the August recess. The measure received strong bipartisan support in the House as well, passing 370-48. The bill now moves to the President’s desk for signature.

Beyond avoiding a government shutdown, the CR contains several important provisions for the housing and voucher programs.

• Section 153(a) would allow HUD to use unobligated voucher funding from FY 2026 and prior fiscal years to address voucher shortfalls, with the exception of unobligated HUD-VASH and Family Unification Program (FUP) funds.
• In an important win, Section 153(b) would also authorize HUD to provide Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPVs) to Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, rather than providing EHV shortfall funding. Send a letter to your members of Congress asking them to continue supporting EHVs.

The CR also contains an important, albeit potentially temporary, win on another issue of significant concern to NAHRO: language prohibiting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from finalizing the proposed rule governing federal financial assistance. NAHRO will continue urging appropriators to maintain this prohibition in the final FY 2027 appropriations legislation. Visit NAHRO’s Action Alert Center to send a letter asking your members of Congress to oppose the OMB rule!

OMB’s proposed rule would substantially rewrite the federal government’s rules for administering grants and other federal financial assistance, including the regulations in 2 CFR Part 200, commonly known as the Uniform Guidance. NAHRO is concerned that the proposal would give OMB overly broad regulatory authority, potentially interfere with HUD’s statutory authority and existing program requirements and create significant uncertainty and additional administrative burdens for PHAs — including changes that could affect HUD Annual Contributions Contracts and federal funding. NAHRO submitted comments on the OMB proposal in July and will continue advocating that the proposed rule is rescinded.

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