[Fair Housing Act\AFFH) Rule]
Diane Yentel: “Secretary Carson has worked to undermine fair housing since the day he stepped into the HUD building, so this action is not surprising.”
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National Low Income Housing Coalition
Housing Groups Condemn Trump’s Effort to Gut Fair Housing
PROGRESSIVE LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE “PEOPLES’S HOUSING PLATFORM” TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
[Affordable Housing\Homelessness\People’s Housing Platform]
Congressman Earl Blumenauer: “Across America, communities large and small are grappling with the housing crisis. Centuries of blatant discrimination and decades of federal underinvestment have left people without the resources to provide affordable housing solution. The People’s Housing Platform provides a reset on our housing policy and a bold vision for the future.”
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS: TRUMP TAKES FOOD FROM POOR WHILE GIVING RICH TAX BREAKS
[Congress\White House\Food Assistance]
Rep. Waters: “Trump’s latest rule callously slashes $5.5 billion from the Food Stamp program…According to an Urban Institute report, Trump’s Food Stamp cuts will take benefits away from a total of 3.7 million people and cut benefits by a total of $4.2 billion per year…Trump’s heartless cuts to this critical anti-poverty program are in addition to his callous attempts to slash low-income housing. The Trump budget request cuts HUD funding by 18 percent.”
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WALTERS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS “HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS”
[Housing News\Housing Affordability]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters: “We are in the midst of a housing affordability crisis across the country, caused in part by the lack of affordable and available rental units, rising rents, gentrification, and dilapidated public housing…Studies have shown that neglecting our housing infrastructure will only hurt our economy, so I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to make the necessary investments in rural, suburban and urban housing markets, and ensure all future conversations around infrastructure investments include affordable housing.”
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