(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)The Trump administration is proposing to tighten regulations to prevent undocumented immigrants from accessing federally subsidized housing, a move that low-income housing advocates fear will keep immigrants who are legally entitled to such benefits from receiving housing help. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Thursday that it plans to strengthen the verification process for public housing beneficiaries. Our nation faces affordable housing challenges and hundreds of thousands of citizens are waiting for many years on waitlists to get housing assistance. The Trump administration said it wants to close that “loophole” and eventually evict from public housing anyone who is not a lawful resident. The proposal came as a surprise to housing authorities as well as many within the agency, including career staff who work directly in public housing policy.

Source: Washington Post April 18, 2019 18:02 UTC