Trump budget would slash rental aid by 40% — and let states fill the gap if they want

[sartre play]

War with other Americans? A preference over working together?
How did we get here? PARTY OVER COUNTRY.

 

[the watcher]

Great idea. Let the states set their priorities.

Right course but adjust the federal income tax from citizens to reflect the change and let it go to the state.

 

[sartre play]

both party's stink. Now more Billionaires running everything.
Less middle/ working class.
How & why?

 

[Orangecat]

states fill the gap...if they want

As it should be, per 10A.

 

[Concerned American]

Right course but adjust the federal income tax from citizens to reflect the change and let it go to the state.

Charities that states support are not the responsibility of the federal government.

 

[BrokeLoser]

I get it. But why stop here. Why not end subsidies for "everything" ?

Trump is playing 5D chess again…he wants your cherished brown cockroaches gone…every single one of them…this is just another tool to be used for eradication.

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Trump is playing 5D chess again…he wants your cherished brown cockroaches gone…every single one of them…this is just another tool to be used for eradication.

I paid for a black woman's clothes and groceries today. I passed on the opportunity to do the same for a white person.

 

[SweetTea]

The red states not only will not, they cannot make up the difference. They simply do not have the budget even if they wanted to.

Speaking as someone from a red state, if we could our Democrats out, we would be far into the black on the balance sheets. Our Democrats are REALLY poor. It isn't like it is in large urban areas.

 

[Lisa558]

I paid for a black woman's clothes and groceries today. I passed on the opportunity to do the same for a white person.

That’s racist.

 

[AZrailwhale]

If you are going to cut the safety line to those in need, maybe it is time to cut the subsidies to those making "billions" that really do not need it.

Did you bother to read the post? The aid isn't being cut, it's being redirected to the states so they can design programs that meet their needs.

 

[struth]

states fill the gap...if they want

I get it. But why stop here. Why not end subsidies for "everything" ?

President Trump has repeatedly promised to "make America affordable again." But for those Americans most in need, his administration's latest budget plan would dramatically shrink the federal rental aid that helps keep millions of people housed.

In its request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the White House called the current system of federal rental assistance "dysfunctional" and proposed essentially ending Section 8 and other housing voucher programs. Its plan calls for cutting rental aid by about 40% and sending that money to states "to design their own rental assistance programs based on their unique needs and preferences."

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5374077/trump-budget-housing-rental-aid-hud-homelessness-funding

Not a bad idea, the states are more in tune with what their localities need then some guy in Washington DC

Nice to see Trump decentralizing power and giving it back to the people

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

That’s racist.

tough shit, live with it

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Did you bother to read the post? The aid isn't being cut, it's being redirected to the states so they can design programs that meet their needs.

perhaps YOU did not read it.

Its plan calls for cutting rental aid by about 40%

Trump budget would slash rental aid by 40% — and let states fill the gap if they want​

 

[Lisa558]

tough shit, live with it

Just pointing out that Dems call other people racist, while they THEY are the bigots.

 

[Lisa558]

perhaps YOU did not read it.

Its plan calls for cutting rental aid by about 40%

Trump budget would slash rental aid by 40% — and let states fill the gap if they want​

All that means is that landlords will have to bring rates down to what they would be if taxpayers weren’t subsidizing them.

Good move.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

states fill the gap...if they want

I get it. But why stop here. Why not end subsidies for "everything" ?

President Trump has repeatedly promised to "make America affordable again." But for those Americans most in need, his administration's latest budget plan would dramatically shrink the federal rental aid that helps keep millions of people housed.

In its request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the White House called the current system of federal rental assistance "dysfunctional" and proposed essentially ending Section 8 and other housing voucher programs. Its plan calls for cutting rental aid by about 40% and sending that money to states "to design their own rental assistance programs based on their unique needs and preferences."

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5374077/trump-budget-housing-rental-aid-hud-homelessness-funding

It is high time to stop financing laziness.
Way-way-way overdue.

 

[Blisterfinger]

If you are going to cut the safety line to those in need, maybe it is time to cut the subsidies to those making "billions" that really do not need it.

Because they are the engines of our economy.

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

All that means is that landlords will have to bring rates down to what they would be if taxpayers weren’t subsidizing them.

Good move.

sure

The proposal comes as nearly half of all renters are considered cost-burdened and as homelessness is at a record high. Advocates say that if millions of poor people barely making ends meet were to suddenly see their rental aid shrink — or even end altogether — it would tip many over the edge.

"We would see, I think, homelessness escalate in a way that has been really unprecedented, and unheard of," said Kim Johnson, policy manager with the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Because they are the engines of our economy.

Trickle down, right?

 

[SweetTea]

sure

The proposal comes as nearly half of all renters are considered cost-burdened and as homelessness is at a record high. Advocates say that if millions of poor people barely making ends meet were to suddenly see their rental aid shrink — or even end altogether — it would tip many over the edge.

"We would see, I think, homelessness escalate in a way that has been really unprecedented, and unheard of," said Kim Johnson, policy manager with the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

And you don't think the landlords would lower rent vs having them leave and have no renters? You don't understand how business works do you?