US EditionTrump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities
The proposed elimination of the HOME grant program threatens over 1.3 million affordable homes built nationwide, with 540,000 in rural districts that largely supported Trump in 2024, experts say.
- President Donald Trump seeks to eliminate the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, jeopardizing affordable housing efforts in rural U.S. communities.
- This proposal follows longstanding budget battles and occurs despite Senate Republicans including HOME funding in their draft budget as House Republicans exclude it.
- Partnership Housing in Owsley County, which depends largely on the HOME program to provide affordable housing, has seen its production drop to just 25% of former levels due to funding shortages and increasing expenses associated with building projects.
- Heather Colley, a 45-year-old manicurist who voted for Trump in 2024, said, "Maybe they don't realize how far-reaching these programs are," and that budget cuts make her reconsider future votes.
- Experts warn cutting HOME would hinder tens of thousands of affordable homes, especially in Appalachian and rural areas, where the program has built or repaired over 1.3 million homes.
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Heather Colley and her two children moved four times in five years fleeing high rents in East Tennessee, which, as much of rural America, has not been spared the dizzying increase in housing costs. A family gift in 2021 from a small plot of land offered a chance to have a home of their own, but building a house was out of reach of the 45-year-old single mother who earns $18.50 an hour. That changed when she got $272,000 from a non-profit organiz…
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Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural
'Just another nail in the coffin for rural areas': Affordable housing program faces the axe under Trump's tax, budget cuts
The HOME program has helped build or repair over 1.3 million homes in the last 30 years, 540,000 of them in rural districts, the AP found.
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Loonie PoliticsTrump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities
President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing.
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Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that's a lifeline for many rural communities
President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing.
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