Trump Administration Plan Could End Housing Aid for 1.4 Million Low-Income Families, Study Warns
HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUL 15 – The Houston Housing Authority plans to study work requirements and time limits for 19,000 voucher recipients amid concerns about displacing vulnerable families, with 1.4 million nationwide potentially affected.
- The Trump administration's proposed two-year limit on housing benefits could lead to 1.4 million low-income households losing rental assistance, a study warns.
- The change would largely impact working families with children who have relied on subsidies for over two years.
- Critics argue the time limit could derail progress toward self-sufficiency, contradicting the stated goal of the policy change.
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Study details bleak outlook for housing voucher recipients under Trump budget proposal
“If a voucher were to disappear out from under them there is really no way to feasibly continue living in that apartment for the average household,” said an administrator with the group that compiled the report. (Photo: iStock/Getty Images)For housing voucher recipients in Nevada, the average cost of rent is far higher than their monthly income, meaning cuts to the voucher program would almost certainly result in them losing their housing, accor…
OMB DDM Ueland: ‘The time for action is now’
The Office of Management and Budget is readying a new President’s Management Agenda. While the timeline for release and the specifics are still to be determined, Eric Ueland, the deputy director for management at OMB, was clear on the PMA’s theme. “The time for action is now for the federal government,” Ueland said yesterday during the Government Efficiency Summit sponsored by Government Executive. “We in the Trump administration need to deliver…
'So disrespectful': This Trump proposal could throw 1.4 million people out of their homes
A proposal from the Trump administration would impose a strict two‑year limit on Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) flagship rental assistance programs, including Section 8 vouchers and public housing. If enacted, the change could leave 1.4 million of the nation’s lowest-income households without housing support, the Associated Press reported Thursday.A New York University analysis of HUD data concludes that the two-year cap would force 1.4 m…
1.4M of nation’s poorest renters risk losing homes with Trump’s proposed HUD time limit
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