ICYMI: Trump Makes Plans to Gut Housing Assistance for Millions

The new budget—led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought—could put up to 2.3 million Americans at risk of losing their homes. 

WASHINGTON, DC — Continuing their campaign to make life more expensive for millions of Americans by slashing access to healthcare and nutrition assistance, the Trump administration is preparing a budget proposal that includes massive cuts to affordable housing credits. The new plan—led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought—could put up to 2.3 million Americans at risk of losing their homes. 

Key facts from the New York Times: 

“The White House is considering deep cuts to federal housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of aid to low-income families, in a reconfiguration that could jeopardize millions of Americans’ continued access to rental assistance funds…

“Federal voucher programs currently provide assistance to about 2.3 million low-income families, according to the government’s estimates, who enroll through their local public-housing authorities. The aid is part of a broader universe of rental assistance programs that are set to exceed $54 billion this fiscal year. But the annual demand for these subsidies is far greater than the available funds, creating a sizable wait list as rents are rising nationally…

“Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, previously endorsed an end to the federal voucher program. He wrote in 2022 that the Section 8 program in particular “brings with it crime, decreased property values, and results in dependency and subsidized irresponsibility’…

“The full scope of Mr. Trump’s vision stands to become clearer once he submits his budget to Congress this spring, reflecting his priorities for the 2026 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. The proposal is expected to guide Republican lawmakers as they look for ways to pay for the party’s costly ambitions to reduce taxes on people and corporations…

“Mr. Vought previously served as a key author of Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for the Trump presidency, which similarly endorsed a sweeping overhaul to federal housing spending. Ben Carson, who led the Department of Housing and Urban Development during Mr. Trump’s first term, wrote in a chapter about the agency that it needed to explore significant reforms to the voucher program, such as work requirements on recipients and limits to how long they could collect housing aid.”

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