The 2018 funding bill for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that the House Appropriations Committee approved this week fails to renew 140,000...
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Will House Avert Cuts in Rental Aid?
July 10, 2017
When a House subcommittee considers the 2018 funding bill for the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tomorrow evening, a key question will be: will it sustain the rental aid that now enables 4.8 million low-income households — nearly all of which include seniors, people...
Trump Budget Cuts 250,000 Housing Vouchers
May 26, 2017
We’ve already noted that President Trump’s budget would eliminate more than 250,000 Housing Choice Vouchers next year. It also would force families using vouchers to pay much more in rent and sharply limit their access to housing in safe neighborhoods with quality...
Trump Budget Would Increase Homelessness and Hardship in Every State, End Federal Role in Community Development
May 23, 2017
President Trump’s 2018 budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes deep cuts in rental assistance for families and other aid for the nation’s poorest urban and rural communities, which would shrink the supply of affordable housing and increase homelessness and other...
Policymakers Cut Housing Vouchers in 2017
May 18, 2017
The bill that President Trump signed into law to fund the government for the rest of fiscal year 2017 has insufficient funding to renew all of the Housing Choice Vouchers in use last year, leaving a gap of roughly 60,000 vouchers. While some state and local housing agencies can...
Housing Vouchers Work: Strengthening Families and Communities
April 26, 2017
This is the next post in our “Housing Vouchers Work” blog series, which provides the latest facts and figures about the Housing Choice Voucher program, the largest rental assistance program to help families with children, working people, seniors, and people with disabilities afford decent, stable housing.
Housing vouchers...
55,000 Housing Vouchers at Risk Under 2017 Funding Bills
March 28, 2017
State and local housing agencies will have to eliminate vouchers for 55,000 low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities if policymakers renew Housing Choice Vouchers for the rest of fiscal year 2017 at the average funding level that the House and Senate appropriations committees...
Trump Budget Will Increase Homelessness, End Federal Role in Community Development
March 16, 2017
President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes deep cuts in every state in rental assistance for families and other aid for the nation’s poorest urban and rural communities, which would increase homelessness and other hardship across the country.
Overall, the President...
Leaked Trump Budget Would Slash Housing Aid
March 9, 2017
The Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will likely propose deep cuts in rental assistance for families, as well as other aid for the nation’s poorest urban and rural communities, a Washington Post...
Trump’s Proposed Cuts Risk Slashing Rental Aid
March 6, 2017
We’ve explained that if President Trump’s proposed $54 billion cut to non-defense discretionary (NDD) spending excludes veterans’ health care and homeland security, as seems likely, other NDD programs would shrink by 15...
