Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is concerned that those who rely on the government for help with their housing aren’t too comfortable. About 2.2 million families depend on housing assistance from HUD through the agency’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher system. The average household income for families getting HUD assistance was $13,726, according to the 2010 census data. Carson told the Times he wanted to focus on getting developers to hire low-income residents for construction projects. The $3.3 billion cut to that assistance program would save just 0.2 percent of discretionary spending.

Source: Huffington Post May 03, 2017 15:11 UTC