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Homeless advocates are lashing out at President Trump\u2019s plan to cut nearly $7.4 billion from the Department of Housing and Urban Development\u2019s FY 2018 budget.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Trump\u2019s proposal would cut HUD\u2019s budget by about 15-percent and eliminate the Community Development Block Grants Program (CDBG), Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program. Though the budget may be revised in the U.S. House of Representative and the Senate, some homeless advocates are saying that if enacted the proposal would a catastrophic impact on low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s worse than a lot of us expected,\u201d Megan Hustings, Interim Director for the National Coalition for the Homeless<\/a>, said. \u201cThis is really bad.\u201d
\nHustings said that the Community Block Grants that are being eliminated \u201cfill in the gaps where other programs leave communities without the resources they need, especially in smaller communities.\u201d
\nHustings said that the grants are often used for \u201cvery basic things\u201d such as food assistance and healthcare.
\n\u201cThe block granting process gives grantees the ability to tailor funds and programs to what the local community needs,\u201d Hustings said. \u201cIt\u2019s a really invaluable resource for both big and small communities.\u201d
\nHustings also said Trump\u2019s proposal to put stringent work requirements on programs such as food stamps and housing could impact the elderly and those with disabilities.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s a reason that we push against those,\u201d Hustings said.
\nHustings also noted that the SNAP program has been found by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) \u201cto be one of the least abused programs of the federal government.\u201d
\n\u201cThis budget would be catastrophic for America,\u201d Hustings said. \u201cIt\u2019s unconscionable.\u201d
\nA 2016 report by the GAO found that only between three and six percent of all SNAP payments were improper, and that, in part, those payments likely reflected \u201ccertain policy changes and calculation methods.\u201d
\n\u201cMany factors affect low-income households’ eligibility for SNAP and the amount of benefits they receive, creating multiple opportunities for errors in the eligibility determination process conducted by states,\u201d The GAO said in a statement.
\nDiane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition<\/a> said in a statement that the proposal a \u201cdevastating blow\u201d and \u201ca transparent effort to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and increase defense spending.\u201d
\nThe NLIHC obtained a leaked version of the budget prior to its release and said it could lead to hundreds of thousands of people losing their housing.
\n\u201cThe proposed cuts could mean more than 250,000 people could lose their housing vouchers,\u201d Yentel said in a statement prior to the budgets official release. \u201cIt would also impose punitive measures that would jeopardize family stability \u2013 increasing the financial burdens they face through higher rents and ending support to help cover the cost of basic utilities, like water and heat.
\n\u201cIf enacted, Mr. Trump\u2019s budget would exacerbate the growing affordable rental housing crisis in every state and community across the nation, and it would represent a clear departure from the belief that everyone deserves an affordable place to call home,\u201d Yentel said.
\nThe National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty<\/a> also released a statement lamenting Trump\u2019s budget proposal and said they would work with members of Congress and coalition partners to \u201cvigorously oppose Trump’s planned budget cuts and protect the rights of low-income and homeless families.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty also released a statement lamenting Trump\u2019s budget proposal and said they would work with members of Congress and coalition partners to \u201cvigorously oppose Trump’s planned budget cuts and protect the rights of low-income and homeless families.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n
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