In his 2020 budget, President Trump proposes again to radically reduce the federal role in helping low-income seniors, families with children, and others to pay rent and make ends meet.
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Seniors, Families, and Others Risk Losing Housing as Shutdown Continues
January 9, 2019
Update, January 10, 2019: We’ve updated our estimates of the number of households potentially affected by the expiration of rental assistance contracts.
Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of low-income seniors, people with disabilities, and families with children that receive federal rental assistance face severe hardship if the government shutdown extends into February...
Senate HUD Funding Bill Deserves Support
July 24, 2018
The Senate is expected this week to begin considering a package of four fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills, including one to fund Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs. The package’s HUD title deserves senators’ strong support, for the following reasons:
- It fully renews the critical aid that currently enables 3.4 million low-income households to rent ...
Senate Committee-Approved 2019 HUD Funding Bill Improves on House Bill
June 15, 2018
The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved a bill providing $54 billion for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs in fiscal year 2019, $1.3 billion (2.5 percent) above the 2018 level. Like the...
Senate Committee Must Make Renewing Rental Aid a Priority
May 31, 2018
When the Senate Appropriations Committee considers a draft bill next week to fund the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for fiscal year 2019, it should include enough funding to fully renew rental assistance for 5 million families with children, seniors, people with...
House HUD Funding Bill Has Bright Spots But Falls Short
May 18, 2018
A House subcommittee approved a fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill this week for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that rejects President Trump’s proposed deep cuts...
Trump 2019 Budget Slashes Aid for Families Struggling to Pay Rent
February 12, 2018
Update, February 22: we’ve updated this post based on more recent information from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
At a time when a historically high number of low-income households are struggling to pay rent and make ends meet, President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget proposes the most radical retrenchment of federal aid for such families since the U.S. Housing...
Five Things to Look for in President Trump’s 2019 HUD Budget
February 9, 2018
When President Trump releases his 2019 budget on Monday, we should assess his proposed funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the extent to which it would expand or cut rental assistance to low-income individuals and families. We’ll be asking whether the budget:
- Renews ...
Strengthening Federal Rental Aid Should Be 2018 Budget Priority
January 17, 2018
Lawmakers are continuing to negotiate a two-year deal to raise federal spending caps, setting the stage for 2018 funding legislation that would include the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In such legislation, Congress should include the funds to strengthen HUD’s...
New Homelessness Count Shows There’s Still Work to Do
December 11, 2017
The sobering findings of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) latest annual count of homeless people — that homelessness remains a persistent problem and some communities are losing ground — show that federal policymakers have much to do to help address this serious problem.
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