Congress is not expected to negotiate differences between the very different Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills that have been passed out of the House and Senate appropriations committees before the October 1 start of the next fiscal year.

However, this is a prime time for stakeholders to use LeadingAge’s action alert to implore elected officials to support the Senate committee’s funding levels over the House’s.

This LeadingAge table, below, compares House and Senate committee-passed bills for fiscal year 2026 funding with enacted fiscal year 2025 funding levels for certain HUD programs.