Urge Congress to Oppose Federal Funding Freeze
Yesterday January 27, 2025 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo – M-25-13 – which calls for all congressionally approved federal grants and loans to be frozen (and excludes all assistance received directly by individuals). The freeze goes into effect today, January 28, 2025 at 5:00pm.
It’s unclear when and whether the funds will be released again, the legality of the order, and the full scope of impact.
What we do know for certain, is that when it does go into effect it is going to have a wide-ranging impact on resources and programs right here in Western NC such as:
- Helene recovery and rebuilding efforts
- Programs, like Habitat, that allow residents to afford and remain safely living in their homes
- Dozens of other critical housing and community development programs
Join us and call or email your representatives TODAY to tell them to oppose the federal funding freeze, which would impact housing and recovery programs critical to Western NC’s recovery.
- The Office of Senator Ted Budd: call (202) 224-3154 or email here
- The Office of Senator Thomas Tillis: call (202) 224-6342 or email here
- The Office of Rep. Chuck Edwards (District 11): call (202) 225-6401 or email here. Don’t live in District 11? Find your Representative here.
Use this email template:
Dear ___,
I am writing to ask you to please push back on the recently announced Temporary Pause of Federal Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs.
This freeze is going to have a wide-ranging impact on federal resources and programs related to disaster relief and recovery for Western North Carolina. It will impact assistance that allows people to afford and remain in their homes, resources dedicated to addressing and preventing homelessness, and dozens of other critical housing and community development programs.
This freeze impacts resources for infrastructure, business, healthcare, childcare, community revitalization, and much more. In the wake of Hurricane Helene, this freeze will be catastrophic to the recovery of our beloved mountain communities in WNC.
Please do all that you can to address this as soon as possible.
Thank you,