Trump considering work requirements for occupants of federal housing (what about the White House?)

[CreekDog]

Education and vocational hours could count towards the requirement..."Executive Time" is unclear...

The Trump administration is considering adding new work requirements and increasing rent for people living in subsidized housing, according to NBC News.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would allow public housing authorities and private owners to require each adult in a household to work up to an average of 32 hours a week.

The elderly and disabled — who make up 55 percent of those receiving federal housing aid — would be exempt from the requirements. Another 26 percent of those receiving assistance are already working, NBC News reported Tuesday.

Education and vocational training could count toward those hours, but volunteer service would not, according to a copy of the draft proposal obtained by NBC.

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The proposal also recommends rent increases for those receiving the subsidies. Rental contributions would increase to 35 percent of tenants’ income, up from 30 percent. Recipients would also not be allowed to deduct medical and child-care costs from their incomes.

The proposal also includes a higher mandatory minimum rent at about $150 a month, based on the federal minimum wage. This is a large increase from the proposed minimum rent of $50 per month included in Trump’s budget last year.

The proposals will likely be formally released when the Trump administration unveils its budget in the coming weeks.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372636-trump-considering-adding-work-requirements-for-people-in-federally

[OhNo-Really]

1. Did I read somewhere that Volunteer Neighbor Spies got a discount?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Let's see what else we can do to make being poor suck even more.

[nancy1942]

3. Bring back poor farms.

I am old enough to remember the county poor farm back in Kansas. I felt so sorry for the people who had to live there due to their poverty. Yes; make America GREAT again! Just like the good old days. God!

[dchill]

4. Will this pay for the parade?

[Wounded Bear]

5. Oh Scrooge, you've done it again...

[meadowlander]

6. So I assume he'll also be sponsoring free childcare for parents

who can't earn enough to cover basic childcare costs?

Because it totally makes sense to separate single parents from their young children so they can work minimum wage jobs at Walmart where they earn less than the daycare workers taking worse care of their kids than they would.

I don't foresee any long term social issues arising from that arrangement.

[jmowreader]

7. Which means we need to find two or three jobs for each of them

There are a LOT of jobs out there that don't give 32 hours per week. If you're required to work at least 32 hours per week to stay in your home, you'll have to work...oh, seven days a week between the three jobs you have to hold down to make Trump happy.