The RAD Collaborative asks that interested parties express their support for the Senate’s RAD proposals. The FY 2017 appropriations bill in the Senate includes measures to raise the RAD cap to 250,000 units, remove the 2018 sunset of the program, and extend RAD eligibility to Sec. 202. The House bill is without these measures. Recent Hill discussions reinforce that weighing in with your Congressional representatives about extending RAD in FY 2017 will make a critical difference.
For more information, visit RAD ACTION NOW! for a complete toolkit on directly contacting your representatives.
As an additional step, interested parties should consider signing-on to the Collaborative and CLPHA’s letter below and follow the sign-on instructions by October 20, 2016. Taking both steps will help assure Congress addresses RAD in the final FY 2017 Appropriations bill—increasing the cap for new applicants, providing more time to those with RAD awards and helping extend RAD to housing for seniors.
October 21, 2016
Dear Senators/Representatives:
The undersigned organizations—public housing authorities, their development and financing partners, and others helping make the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) a success—strongly support the expansion of RAD as approved by the Senate in its Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017) appropriations bill for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)….
Click here for the full RAD FY 2017 Sign-On Letter
and follow the sign-on instructions.
