Trump administration considers $6 billion cut to HUD budget
Source: WaPo
The Trump administration has considered more than $6 billion in cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to preliminary budget documents obtained by The Washington Post. The plan would squeeze public housing support and end most federally funded community development grants, which provide services such as meal assistance and cleaning up abandoned properties in low-income neighborhoods.
Its the latest evidence that the administration is following through on President Trumps goal to cut domestic spending by $54 billion to bolster the defense budget. HUDs budget would shrink by about 14 percent to $40.5 billion in fiscal 2018, which begins in October.
HUD Secretary Ben Carson has taken a staunchly conservative stance on public assistance in the past, saying dependency on HUD programs could become a way of life for recipients. While suggesting significant cuts, the preliminary budget maintains the same level of funding to rental assistance programs and avoids reductions that could directly put families on the streets. Instead, it targets funding for building maintenance and community development projects, although HUD recommends in the budget document that those projects receive funding from another source.
About $1.3 billion would be cut from the public housing capital fund, under the preliminary plan when compared to funding in 2016 and an additional $600 million would be cut from the public housing operating fund.
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Carson needs brain surgery.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)I hate to think how bad its going to get when the fascists undermine these programs.
cstanleytech
(26,281 posts)any of them or their loved ones that voted for the Repugnants like Trump thinking that they wouldnt fuck them over.
Matthew28
(1,797 posts)Heartlessness and pure hateful....Hurry die poor is what the republicans believe.
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)Oh wait. ..
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)dalton99a
(81,451 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Also, how many fucking generals are on the dole?
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)this destruction. Look how much damage they have done already. And it was just Jan 20 when "It" was installed in office!
trusty elf
(7,385 posts)That way the good doctor can spend more time walking his crab.
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duncang
(1,907 posts)" saying dependency on HUD programs could become a way of life for recipients" is not whats happening.
It is a way of "staying alive" on starvation wages. All because repubs don't believe people should be paid enough to live on.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)so why should he care about anyone else? (Conservative logic)
oasis
(49,376 posts)MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)Then he doesn't care about cleaning up abandoned properties. Stuff like that encourages drug dealing. You can't trust a billionaire real estate developer to know what to do to fight crime. People have to have livable, healthy communities for that to happen. Until then, blighted areas will offend rich and ignorant developers like Trump. Shows they don't truly care about cities. This is so racist.