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Trump Plan Accelerates Assault On Section 8 Housing

September 30, 2025 Alexis Sterling, Nation of Change. , , , , ,
The Trump administration is escalating its efforts to dismantle federal rental assistance, targeting the Housing Choice Voucher Program—commonly known as Section 8—through budget cuts, new eligibility requirements, and sweeping administrative directives. The changes could displace millions of households, including families with children, seniors, disabled tenants, and low-wage workers. The Housing Choice Voucher Program is the largest federal rental assistance initiative, serving approximately 2.3 million low-income households across the country. According to data cited by USAFacts, the program provides stable housing to 2.7 percent of U.S. residents. Nearly a quarter of those living in subsidized housing have a disability, 33 percent of households include minor children, 74 percent are headed by women, 41 percent are headed by people over the age of 62, and 66 percent are headed by people of color.

A New Executive Order Gives Housing Discrimination A Leg Up

May 19, 2025 Brenda Castañeda and Moriah Wilkins, Next City. , , , ,
Housing discrimination may soon get a boost. A new executive order from the Trump administration strikes at civil rights protections safeguarding some of our most vulnerable neighbors: communities with long histories of harm at the hands of federal policies. Late last month, the White House banned federal agencies from using disparate impact analysis, a legal doctrine essential for rooting out bias and repairing damage from decades of discrimination. For years, Americans have pointed to disparate impact to challenge restrictive zoning laws, call out unfair tenant screening tools and desegregate neighborhoods.

Statement On Cheri Honkala’s First Amendment Case Against HUD

June 13, 2023 Margaret Flowers, Galen Tyler, and Matt Pillischer, Popular Resistance. , , ,
On June 14, the DC Court of Appeals will hear arguments around internationally-recognized housing advocate Cheri Honkala’s appeal of a misdemeanor conviction for seeking an audience in 2018 with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson. The case could set an important precedent on the First Amendment right of the people to petition their government for assistance without fear of punishment for doing so, a right that extends back to the 1215 Magna Carta. Watch the hearing live on the court’s YouTube channel: bit.ly/cheritrial. For decades, Cheri Honkala has been a fearless defender of people’s right to have housing.

Families Wait Years For Housing Vouchers Due To Inadequate Funding

July 26, 2021 Sonya Acosta And Erik Gartland, CBPP. , , ,
Due to limited program funding, families struggling to afford housing that manage to get off the waiting list for a Housing Choice Voucher must typically wait for years before receiving a voucher, CBPP analysis of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data shows. Among the 50 largest housing agencies, only two have average wait times of under a year for families that have made it off of the waiting list; the longest have average wait times of up to eight years.

No Evictions For 30+ Families In Philadelphia Takeover Houses

February 19, 2021 National Lawyers Guild and Poor People's Army, Popular Resistance. , , ,
The National Lawyers Guild stands in solidarity with the Poor People’s Army and all of the 30+ families that are sheltered in homes that are reclaimed, abandoned properties in Philadelphia. Three families in Philadelphia, residing in homes owned by the Department of Housing & Urban Development, have received notices or threats of eviction within the last 2 months, and could be thrown out into the freezing cold at any moment. Poor People’s Army / Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign has filed 3 pro se federal injunctions for these properties and are likely to go to court any day. The families should not be viewed as trespassers or criminals, they are human beings that have a right to safe housing.

Family Faces Eviction By Agency Meant To Help Them

January 1, 2021 Poor People's Army, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Philadelphia, PA - Imagine being a parent, hustling “gig economy” jobs, without a home during the COVID-19 pandemic. For Jasmine and Ariel, this has been the reality since May. They are a couple in their 30s, both with children from previous relationships, and navigating the minefields of poverty and pandemic. They had an apartment, but when Jasmine missed a check-in with her probation officer, she was sent to prison, leaving Ariel with no way to pay the rent and without a home. According to a recent study conducted by geographers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, there are 10 abandoned properties for every 1 homeless person in Philadelphia.
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