Center on Budget & Policy Priorities -A leaked draft Trump Administration proposal would raise rents by more than $3 billion per year on low-income people getting rental assistance, with the majority of the increase falling on low-wage workers. The proposal, which would force families to divert money from other basic needs and put some at risk of losing their homes, would reduce federal costs by squeezing more rent from low-income people. That’s particularly inequitable given the new, Republican-driven tax law that will mainly benefit the wealthy and corporations and that’s expected to add $1.5 trillion to deficits over ten years.
The plan proposes to raise rents in three main ways, which together would affect almost all households that receive rental assistance under the regular rules of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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