HUD Cuts Funding For Public Housing By 14.5%
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced this week that there is $600 million less in their budget than they predicted they would have to fund public housing nationwide. As a result, it informed housing authorities across the nation that they will also face cuts in their budget, and will receive roughly 85.5 percent of the HUD money they had expected.
This means that many Housing Authorities in cities across the country will have to layoff employees and restrict the services they are able to provide for impoverished residents of public housing. This could have a devastating effect in the near future for many areas that already dealt with inadequate budgets.
Since Housing Authorities will have to cut their staffs, the likely result for residents will be less security, both in the form of guards and technology, and an inability for to attend to repairs effectively.
Housing Director’s across the country are blaming HUD for poor planning, arguing that they should have been able to foresee budget cuts due to overspending and a decrease in federal money being awarded to HUD. The Bush Administration has already cut public housing funds by roughly $1.7 billion, and the additional cuts have left many housing authorities thoroughly strapped for cash.
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September 24th, 2007 at 10:26 am
is any one helping to get eh budget reinstated for accessuble housing access for mulit disabled homless.
the shelters are all preferrring families or addicts easier nad better funded. and disabled are left in the road. literally.
like me.
ive come 500 miles after otrrange county violated and doid nt help and pd harrassed fro seleeping in my car safe nad alone in a church lot. (5pm - 6 am) with trash bag no evidence i was there in day.
i dont abuse substances/
i need accessible housing and to get nmy voc rehab back in gear and lots of medical and support. both medic-cal and vets sytems have failed me.
homless sehlterts discirminate . tthey work to cover it up not help the disabled vicitms. one woman had to go to ny as berkeley left her with progressive ms out in favor of the addicts. what is wrong with this picture?
when is soem one going to look at the sytem failures that are creating recylcing of the homeless and and now many unaffordable and in accessibel and even unsafe hud funded options.
when did hud approve the homeless paying fro hiomess shelter in suring homlessness is very long term.. when did hud approve dumping most transitonal; program and tuerning mortel room s into no cooking so unaffordable perm housing. people spend whole day to find food unitl give up and go back to raod which is horrible but more survivable?
how are advocatesfro the homless allowed to ahve the agenciesand shelters on their boards and be conflicted and unable to represent the homless disabled?