President Donald Trump is preparing to cut U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rental assistance for 1.4 million Americans by placing a two-year limit on HUD’s rental assistance programs, reports The Associated Press:
But the move to restrict such key subsidies would mark a significant retreat from the scope of HUD’s work. Millions of tenants moved in with the promise of subsidized housing for as long as they were poor enough to remain qualified, so time limits would be a seismic shift that could destabilize the most vulnerable households, many unlikely to ever afford today’s record-high rents.
New research from New York University, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press and published Thursday, found that if families were cut off after two years, 1.4 million households could lose their vouchers and public housing subsidies — largely working families with children. This would lead housing authorities to evict many families, the report said.
(Sources: The Associated Press, LocalHousingSolutons.org)