New HUD rule would render 55,000 children of immigrants homeless
According to HUD?s own analysis, the proposed rule would also separate those kids from their parents in the process A new rule proposed this week by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would evict more than 55,000 children of immigrant parents from federally subsidized or public housing units, according to the department?s own analysis of the rule.
Without a clear plan for what would happen to the children after they?re evicted, it is likely they would be rendered homeless, in addition to being separated from their caretakers.
The proposed rule would change the public housing eligibility requirements of undocumented immigrants. Currently, an immigrant family can sign a lease on a public housing unit as long as one family member is in the United States legally, which for undocumented immigrants is usually the child. The proposed rule would require all family members to be in the U.S. legally. The Washington Post was the first to publish HUD?s analysis of the rule and according to the paper the analysis says approximately 108,000 people living in subsidized housing have an ineligible member. Of those, 76,000 are legally eligible, and 55,000 are children. They are mostly in New York, California, and Texas, according to the Post.
?The cruelty of [HUD] Secretary [Ben] Carson?s proposal is breathtaking, and the harm it would inflict on children, families, and communities is severe,? Diane Yentel, National Low Income Housing Coalition president and CEO, sai...
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