From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org):
Continuing the trend of the Trump Administration’s punishment of low-income Americans, HUD Secretary Carson—recently making headlines for spending tax dollars on luxuries for himself—proposed a plan to raise rents for people in subsidized housing as an “incentive to drive lower-income Americans, many of whom already have jobs, to work.”
A new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reveals that in the largest U.S. metropolitan areas, low-income tenants will see a 20% increase in rent per year.
Carson does not, however, plan to counteract the fact that the rent hike is estimated to be 6 times higher than the average growth in hourly wages. For many Americans, this will mean a risk of homelessness.
By the numbers, the plan will impact:
- 8.3 million people
- 4 million households
- More than 3 million children
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