Department of Housing and Community Development [165]
Secretarial Area: Commerce and Trade
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $40,780,480 $71,513,064 $112,293,544
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $36,063,807 $81,844,840 $117,908,647
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $38,611,729 $81,844,840 $120,456,569
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $48,870,433 $81,844,840 $130,715,273
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $47,722,330 $59,447,613 $107,169,943
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $57,845,481 $57,947,613 $115,793,094
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly $45,082,524 $57,447,613 $102,530,137
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation $41,082,524 $229,724,719 $270,807,243
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments $0 ($172,277,106) ($172,277,106)
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments $4,000,000 $0 $4,000,000
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly $46,540,971 $229,724,719 $276,265,690
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation $41,065,971 $229,724,719 $270,790,690
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments $2,000,000 $0 $2,000,000
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments $3,475,000 $0 $3,475,000
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 82.50 23.50 106.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 82.50 23.50 106.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 55.90 51.10 107.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 55.90 51.10 107.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 55.90 51.10 107.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 55.90 51.10 107.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly 56.25 51.75 108.00
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation 56.25 53.25 109.50
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments 0.00 (1.50) (1.50)
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly 57.25 53.25 110.50
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation 56.25 53.25 109.50
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments 1.00 0.00 1.00
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Delay implementation of federal rental assistance contract Decision Package
  Removes federal appropriation in the first year related to the administration of the Virginia contract for Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments. Due to delays at the federal level, the implementation of the contract has been postponed.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($172,277,106) $0
Positions (1.50) 0.00
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Provide support for rapid re-housing Decision Package
  Establishes a general fund appropriation to support rapid re-housing efforts. The department is undergoing a systemic shift toward rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing which has contributed to the decline of homelessness in the Commonwealth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,000,000
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Provide support for the Community Business Launch Program Decision Package
  Establishes funding for the Community Business Launch Program (CBL) to be administered by the department. The program will leverage community-based approaches to entrepreneurship and small business development. CBL is designed to assist communities in taking a systems approach to defining and pursuing an asset-based small business strategy. This funding will allow the department to expand a recently implemented pilot program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,000,000
Positions 0.00 1.00
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Allocate a portion of community development grant funding for administration Decision Package
  Authorizes the department to utilize up to two percent of general fund appropriation provided for various grant programs within Community Development Services for associated administration expenses.
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Provide support for the Housing Trust Fund and specify use of rapid rehousing funding General Assembly Adjustment
  Adds $4.0 million each year for the Virginia Housing Trust Fund and specifies that $500,000 of the $1.0 million provided for rapid rehousing be used to combat veterans' homelessness.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $4,000,000 $4,000,000
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Eliminate the proposed Community Business Launch Program General Assembly Adjustment
  Removes $1.0 million included in the Introduced Budget Bill for the Community Business Launch Program, an expansion of a pilot project.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($1,000,000)
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Provide support for the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation General Assembly Adjustment
  Provides $475,000 from the general fund in the second year for support of regional economic development activities of the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation. The foundation is a state entity created to leverage significant cultural and natural heritage assets of the nineteen counties and four cities within Southwest Virginia for economic development purposes.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $475,000
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Require assessment of the Enterprise Zone Grant Program General Assembly Adjustment
  Directs, through language, the use of up to $80,000 of the funds provided for the real property improvement grants portion of the Enterprise Zone Grant program to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
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Require the adoption of a process to calculate costs of future local consolidations General Assembly Adjustment
  Requires the Commission on Local Government to study and adopt a process to calculate additional state funds needed for future local consolidations. The language only amendment reflects several recommendations of the September 2014 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission's Report on Local Government and School Division Consolidation. There is a companion amendment in Item 136, Direct Aid to Public Education.
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Restore funding to the Enterprise Zone Grant Program General Assembly Adjustment
  Restores funding to the Enterprise Zone Grant Program to the funding levels for the program in fiscal year 2014. A companion amendment to Item 471.10 is included to restore funding of $250,000 from the general fund in the first year and $400,000 from the general fund in the second year. This amendment is language only.


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