人兽性交 urges HUD to drop plan that would cut housing assistance for 鈥榤ixed-status鈥� immigrant families
The 人兽性交 urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today to withdraw a proposal that would eliminate housing assistance for low-income families that include both documented and undocumented immigrants.聽
The proposed rule would force more than 100,000 people 鈥� mainly U.S. citizens or individuals with eligible immigration status 鈥� to make the impossible choice between splitting up their families or falling into housing insecurity and potential homelessness, the 人兽性交 wrote in a letter addressed to HUD鈥檚 Office of the General Counsel.
鈥淗UD鈥檚 proposed rule change is a radical and cruel departure from the agency鈥檚 longstanding policy, and its implementation would be contrary to Congress鈥檚 express intent to keep families together,鈥� the letter states. 鈥淭he effects of this proposed rule, if enacted, will be particularly devastating for children, immigrant populations, and other vulnerable or exploited populations that the 人兽性交 works to protect.鈥�
Since 1995, HUD has provided financial housing assistance to low-income families that include U.S. citizens, individuals with eligible immigrant status, and individuals who do not have eligible immigrant status 鈥� also known as 鈥渕ixed-status families.鈥�
Currently, HUD subsidizes the housing of only the documented members of mixed-status families, but undocumented family members may also reside with them. The new proposal, however, would cut all housing assistance to mixed-status families.
The proposal would not only harm immigrant families, but would also increase the financial burden on taxpayers, the letter states. Because only non-mixed-status families would be eligible 鈥� and they receive more assistance than mixed ones 鈥� HUD would spend $2,100 more per person each year to replace mixed-status families with non-mixed-status families.
What鈥檚 more, HUD would spend up to $4.4 million in mass eviction costs if the proposal were implemented, and states and cities 鈥� through their taxpayers 鈥� would assume responsibility for increases in homelessness and poverty, the 人兽性交 argues.
Not only would the rule create enormous hardships for mixed-status families by forcing them to either lose housing or split up their families, but it would also harm countless U.S. citizen children and families, the elderly and communities of color. The Latinx community would suffer the most, according to the letter.
The proposed rule is 鈥渙nly the latest in a slew of executive branch actions that represent a brazen and cruel attack on immigrant families and those living in poverty,鈥� the letter states. 鈥淭he proposed rule will harm hundreds of thousands of individuals颅 鈥� including U.S. citizen children and family members, and the aging U.S. citizen population 鈥� by separating families, increasing families鈥� financial burdens, and causing housing insecurity and homelessness.鈥�
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