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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose tripling rent for some low-income Americans
HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose tripling rent for some low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/25/hud-secretary-ben-carson-to-propose-rent-increases-for-low-income-americans-receiving-federal-housing-subsidies/
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose tripling the amount the poorest households are expected to pay for rent as well as encourage those receiving housing subsidies to work, according to the administrations legislative proposal obtained by The Washington Post.
The move to overhaul how low-income rental subsidies are calculated would affect more than 4.5 million families relying on federal housing assistance. The proposal legislation would require congressional approval.
Currently, tenants generally pay 30 percent of their adjusted income toward rent or a public housing agency minimum rent -- which is capped at $50 a month for the poorest families. The administrations legislative proposal sets the family monthly rent contribution at 35 percent of gross income or 35 percent of their earnings working 15 hours a week at the federal minimum wage. Under the proposal, the cap for the poorest families would rise to approximately $150 a month, three times higher than the current minimum.
The Trump administration has long signaled through its budget proposals and leaked draft legislation that it seeks to increase the rents low-income tenants pay to live in federally subsidized housing.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/25/hud-secretary-ben-carson-to-propose-rent-increases-for-low-income-americans-receiving-federal-housing-subsidies/
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose tripling the amount the poorest households are expected to pay for rent as well as encourage those receiving housing subsidies to work, according to the administrations legislative proposal obtained by The Washington Post.
The move to overhaul how low-income rental subsidies are calculated would affect more than 4.5 million families relying on federal housing assistance. The proposal legislation would require congressional approval.
Currently, tenants generally pay 30 percent of their adjusted income toward rent or a public housing agency minimum rent -- which is capped at $50 a month for the poorest families. The administrations legislative proposal sets the family monthly rent contribution at 35 percent of gross income or 35 percent of their earnings working 15 hours a week at the federal minimum wage. Under the proposal, the cap for the poorest families would rise to approximately $150 a month, three times higher than the current minimum.
The Trump administration has long signaled through its budget proposals and leaked draft legislation that it seeks to increase the rents low-income tenants pay to live in federally subsidized housing.
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HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose tripling rent for some low-income Americans (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
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Me.
(35,454 posts)1. That's The Ticket Ben
Heal the world by creating more homeless
underpants
(182,925 posts)6. He's trying to cover the cost of his office dinner set
I mean, who doesn't have an office dinner set?
Me.
(35,454 posts)7. Does A Butler Come With That?
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)2. Got to pay for those tax cuts somehow. nt
Ohiogal
(32,104 posts)3. Yeah, let's beat 'em when they're already down.
I bet you're glad this policy didn't happen when YOU lived in public housing, huh, Benny?
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)4. Go back to sleep, asshole - so you can do no harm
Ohiogal
(32,104 posts)5. Congress has to approve this --
so let's see what they're made of ........
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)8. The Brain Surgeon needs a cardiologist.
He's got a crooked heart.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)9. I wonder how many of those properties are the ones owned by
Slimy Sean Hannity, the secretive landlord
raven mad
(4,940 posts)10. Don't even get me started..
I had a whole good rant going before the other thread was locked....sigh..
Maybe later.
Takket
(21,639 posts)11. Keep squeezing that rock! Bound to get some blood sooner or later.
maxsolomon
(33,419 posts)12. This will explode the Homeless population
People are being evicted over $50 in back rent:
https://post.thestranger.com/features/2018/04/25/26086363/evicted-over-49-what-happens-when-seattles-poorest-tenants-cant-make-rent