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NMHC OK until end of February
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Posted on Jan 21 2019
The Northern Marianas Housing Corp, said that they would be able to sustain their housing programs as long as the current federal government shutdown is resolved before the end of February.
In light of the ongoing federal government shutdown, many federally funded agencies across the U.S. and its territories may not be able to carry out their programs due to lack of funding.
Fortunately, although NMHC may be affected if there is no resolution in the next month, there is nothing to worry about for now.
NMHC office manager/procurement officer Jacob Muna told Saipan Tribune that NMHC was provided a two-month cushion before the shutdown in December 2018.
“Before the shutdown, they already provided that two-month cushion for Section 8 and the multi-family programs. What’s going to happen, we don’t know, but right now we’re good until the end of February, anything after that we’re not sure…We’re fine for now, we shouldn’t be worried yet,” he said.
The federal government entered a shutdown due to a dispute over border wall funding. Funding that would be used to build a wall border between the United States and Mexico.
According to various media outlets, President Donald Trump failed to agree to a continuing resolution passed by the U.S Senate that would have averted a partial government shutdown and kept the full federal government running through Feb. 8, 2019.
House Republicans later passed a bill that included $5.7 billion funding for the wall, but the measure failed in the Senate.
As a result, roughly one-quarter of the government ran out of funding and was forced to close on Dec. 22, 2018.
The shutdown impacts several federal departments, including Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, Interior, State, Transportation and Treasury.
