Targeted Homelessness Funding: How the President’s FY 2023 Proposal Compares to Past Budgets
On Monday, March 28, 2022, President Biden proposed a $5.8 trillion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 that would target $8.732 billion in federal funding for homelessness assistance programs.
This proposal, if enacted, would represent an overall increase from FY 2022 of 10.2% and an increase of:
- 11.3% for HUD’s Homeless Assistance Grants
- 13.2% for Head Start
- 23.7% for USICH
- 84.8% for VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families
- 132.6% for DOJ’s Transitional Housing Assistance Grants to Victims of Sexual Assault