New HUD rule could push millions with low incomes out of homes

War against women and children. News at eleven.

Did you know that several thousand (those marginally benefitting from this) is < millions (those greatly suffering from this)? I wonder what happens when millions of people are pissed off at people that vastly screwed them over for minuscule gains?

It sure would be nice if all those poor white people who vote republican would realize just how much the republican party hates poor people.

"This proposed rule would lead to sweeping changes nationwide. This effectively sidesteps Congress, which previously refused to enact many of these policies." So Trump is continuing to be lawless & do whatever he wants, Congress be damned...

The are trying to create a homeless epidemic so they can start throwing them into prison labor camps and pocket more money from their prison contracts.

What do hud landlords think of this? dont they like hud because the guaranteed income?

Of course... Republicans live to hurt poor & working class Americans.

Don’t forget we share Zellman with NJ on this HUD scam.

Isn't that their goal?

Wish I could say I was surprised by this but I'm not. They've already eviscerated the safety net with work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP and destroyed Biden's SAVE student loan program along with other IDR options such as IBR and PAYE. It's mind-boggling how much damage Republicans have managed to cause with one single bill yet somehow Democrats can't seem to pass anything meanigful that's helpful and sticks. It's truly frustrating.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I’m not necessarily opposed to some of these revisions as written. SPLC is being hyperbolic in their claims, as these requirements *specifically exempt elderly and disabled voucher recipients*. One adult, non-disabled household member pursuing education, volunteering, working, or looking for work twenty hours a week in exchange for rent is not an unreasonable requirement, particularly in housing markets where taxpayers fully subsidize rent to the tune of $3,000+ a month for a two-bedroom apartment. The problem is that Section 8 vouchers are now in many cases passed down through multiple generations like a family heirloom while nearly 4.5 million elderly, disabled, and homeless people languish on waitlists. Are those people not equally entitled to safe and affordable housing? My perspective on this issue comes from experience working at a Section 8 project-based housing complex while in college as well as years spent in a social-work adjacent field with a focus on connecting unsheltered clients to resources and, when possible, getting them into permanent supportive housing. Two years is a tight deadline, yes, but who among us is not up against the reality that at some point, we do have to live in a place that we can afford? I’m not at all unsympathetic to the reality of a housing crisis in many parts of the country, but subsidizing the rent of able-bodied adults indefinitely has only exacerbated that crisis via local rent inflation. Local housing authorities already have case managers in place to facilitate connections with partner agencies that help people obtain education, receive job training, find work, apply for child care subsidies, learn financial management - potentially a wealth of resources. It’s not within the scope of local housing authorities to provide these opportunities, though some already do. While these changes are easy to characterize as brutality directed toward the working poor, without changes that give those capable of being self-supporting an incentive to move up and out, countless numbers of our most vulnerable citizens will die waiting for a chance to simply get their name on a waiting list.