In the months since giving $1.9 trillion in tax cuts to the richest Americans and wealthy corporations, the Trump administration and the congressional majority have continued to work in lockstep. Their aggressive agenda proposes financing these tax cuts by taking away health care; housing; and, most recently, food from tens of millions of U.S. residents. Earlier this month, for example, House Republicans sought to pass an ultrapartisan and callous Farm Bill that would have stripped food assistance from 2 million financially strapped peopleacross the country. At a time when 43 percent of all U.S. households do not earn enough to afford housing, groceries, and other necessities such as medical and child care, U.S. families need these supports more than ever.
Yet in late April, the Trump administration doubled down on its efforts to roll back support for struggling households by proposing legislation, through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), that would severely weaken the nation’s main housing assistance programs. Shortly after its release, a retiring House Republican lawmaker unveiled preliminary legislation modeled after the administration’s draft bill. HUD’s proposed changes to housing policy will likely increase occurrences of evictions and homelessness for low-income households—including many that include seniors, children, veterans, and people with disabilities, who already struggle to afford basic necessities.
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