PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S latest attack on housing comes as he proposes major overhauls to rental assistance programs meant to help people from falling into homelessness.
In an outline of the Trump administration’s budget request released Friday, the president wants to slash the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by 44%, or $33.5 billion. The most significant cuts include reducing funding for federal housing voucher programs by more than $26 billion. In addition, Trump wants to impose a two-year cap on rental assistance for people who don’t have a disability, and let states design their own programs.
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