Bipartisan Disapproval Over Trump Administration's Housing Program Cuts
Lawmakers told HUD Secretary Ben Carson Wednesday they're very unlikely to support the administration's budget plan to cut billions of dollars from housing and development programs.
Lawmakers told Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson Wednesday that there's little chance Congress will accept the Trump administration's plan to make deep cuts in housing and development programs.
The president's 2020 budget calls for eliminating the Community Development Block Grant program, the public housing capital fund and the HOME grant program for more affordable housing, for a one-year savings of more than $7 billion. But these programs are popular among lawmakers, especially local officials who say they desperately need money
