The proposal is more extreme than last year?s budget, but like last year?s, this budget is unlikely to pass On the heels of a sweeping budget agreement Trump signed into law last week, the Trump administration released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 on Monday. The plan is just as austere as last year?s on measures related to housing and transportation.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) both saw their budgets slashed by billions of dollars, with many of the cuts on HUD?s side affecting programs that aid low-income families.
While the president?s budget has alarmed affordable housing advocates, experts believe it has little chance of passing as is. The president?s similar budget last year was never brought to vote. Instead, a series of continuing resolutions kept the government funded until the brief shutdown last month and the budget deal from last week. ?The breadth and depth of cruelty reflected in this budget proposal is breathtaking,? said Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, in a statement. ?President Trump is making clear, in no uncertain terms, his willingness to increase evictions and homelessness?for the families who could lose their rental assistance through severe funding cuts, and for the low income and vulnerable seniors, people with disabilities, and families with kids who will be unable to manage having to spend more of their very limited inc...