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  1. Vulnerable Renters Are Fearful as Emergency Housing Vouchers Wind Down

    The end of a pandemic-era federal housing subsidy leaves tens of thousands across the US unsure where they’ll live next.

    murica.website/2025/10/vulnera

  2. Why am I on Mastodon? B/c the white Christian boy from the Bible belt never had to #resist anything.

    We were in poverty, but my family gladly used #Section8 #Medicaid #Tenncare #FoodStamps #SNAP and #EBT

    Now the #AmericanChurchTM hates the poor & I don't know how to #organize, subvert power structures or resist

    So we'll learn from the #BIPOC and #Queer community & those who have spent time #protest ing & resisting

    We'll figure out #Zines #mutualAid #bailfunds #harmreduction #directaction

  3. #Project2025’s #RussVought, #Trump’s director of the Office of Management & Budget [#OMB], previously endorsed an end to the federal #voucher program. He [falsely] wrote in 2022 that the #Section8 program in particular “brings with it crime, decreased property values, & results in dependency & subsidized irresponsibility.”

    #law #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination #LowIncome #families #RentalAssistance #housing

  4. …the expected overhaul would most likely amount to more than just a technical change, resulting in fewer federal dollars for #LowIncome #families on top of additional cuts planned for the rest of the Dept of #Housing & Urban Development [#HUD]. On Thurs, the #Trump admin took the first steps toward potentially selling the agency’s HQ in Washington.

    #law #Section8 #RentalAssistance #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination

  5. Admin ofcls recently discussed cutting or canceling out the #vouchers & other #RentalAssistance programs & potentially replacing them with a more *limited* system of #housing grants, perhaps sent to states, acc/to 3 people familiar with the matter…. The overhaul would be included in #Trump’s new #budget, which is expected to be sent to #Congress in the coming weeks.

    #law #LowIncome #families #Section8 #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination

  6. The potential changes primarily concern federal #housing #vouchers, including those more commonly known as #Section8. The aid generally helps the poorest tenants cover the monthly costs of apartments, town homes & single-family residences.

    #law #Trump #LowIncome #families #RentalAssistance #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination

  7. 🧵 4/6
    4th, #Republicans want to cut #GovernmentSpending on #SocialWelfare prgms incl #SocialSecurity, #Medicare/#Medicaid, #SNAP/#FoodStamps, & COVID relief. It's #ClassWarfare blaming poor for #nationaldebt. Yes #SocialServices is a fair % of the budget, but so is the military & they arent cutting that. Besides for every $1 the gov puts into SNAP we get about $1.79 in economic activity. It's true for other #PublicAssistance prgms like #TANF, #Section8 & others.
    #news #debtceiling #KevinMcCarthy