An overhaul of the #housing agency comes on the heels of a congressional deal to fund the government through Sept that increased some housing spending yet did not keep pace with rising rents & the growing demand for federal #aid. The #funding gap could result in about 32,000 #voucher recipients soon losing access to federal #housing aid… on top of additional cuts once funding runs out in a pandemic-era program that expanded voucher availability.
…The White House also plans to dismantle a key office in the #housing agency that helps communities recover from deadly #NaturalDisasters, a move that could slow much-needed #emergency #aid. Separately, #Trump issued an #ExecutiveOrder last month eliminating a decades-old, government wide commission meant to coordinate the federal response to #homelessness.
#law #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination #LowIncome #families #RentalAssistance #plutocracy
Federal #voucher programs currently provide assistance to ~2.3M #LowIncome #families, acc/to the govt’s estimates, who enroll through their local public-#housing authorities. The #aid is part of a broader universe of #RentalAssistance programs that are set to exceed $54B this fiscal year. But the annual demand for these subsidies is far greater than available funds, creating a sizable wait list as rents are rising nationally.
#Trump #law #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination
The #Trump White House is considering deep cuts to federal #housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of #aid to #LowIncome #families, in a reconfiguration that could jeopardize millions of Americans’ continued access to #RentalAssistance funds.
#law #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/housing-aid-hud-federal-budget.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A1DB4796-EA62-4919-9C07-82BAC2B0A4BE
“This is one of the worst humanitarian failures of our generation,” the chief executives of 12 NGOs, including Oxfam and Save the Children, wrote in a statement.
“Every single person in Gaza is relying on humanitarian aid to survive. …That lifeline has been completely cut off since a blockade on all aid supplies was imposed by Israeli authorities on March 2.”
This is the official Israeli policy: no food, no water, no aid for Gaza, while Israel takes more and more of the territory’s land.
People can disagree over US #ForeignPolicy, said Joseph Cirincione, a nuclear policy & #NationalSecurity expert who has advised US presidents & supports US military #aid to #Ukraine, “but repeatedly helping #Russia advance its #propaganda aims by echoing its views on its state-directed media, that should be #disqualifying.”
#EdMartin #law #DC #USAttorney #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
A timeline of Israel’s weaponisation of aid to Gaza
Israel is again starving Palestinians in Gaza as its renewed bombardment kills hundreds, many of them children.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/25/a-timeline-of-israels-weaponisation-of-aid-to-gaza
📢 Jerusalem – As ISR forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the #gaza strip, #palestine, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential #aid, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
A series of deadly attacks by ISR forces have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of humanitarian and medical workers in Gaza.
📰 Statement MSF (prime source) 👇🏽 APR-16
https://www.msf.org/gaza-has-become-mass-grave-palestinians-and-those-helping-them
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