Associated Press
April 25, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of families living in federally
subsidized public housing would have to pay more for rent under a Trump
administration proposal.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is asking
Congress to raise the rent paid by public housing residents to 35 percent of
income from the current 30 percent. The plan would also eliminate income
deductions that could lower the rent. Elderly and disabled tenants would be
exempted.
Rents would be evaluated every three years instead of
annually.
HUD Secretary Ben Carson says the changes are necessary to
revamp an archaic system that discourages public housing tenants from seeking
better paying jobs. But tenants' rights advocates are highly critical, with one
calling the plan "a war on low-income people."
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