'No additional funding': Trump admin announces cut that could make 60K people homeless

People who rely on Emergency Housing Vouchers to pay their rent are facing upheaval, according to a new report.

A letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — and reviewed by The Associated Press — claims funding for the nearly 60,000 people who rely on the vouchers is expected to be used up by the end of next year.

The program was launched by President Joe Biden in 2021. Many of the people eligible for the vouchers are fleeing homelessness, domestic violence, or human trafficking. Lack of funding could put them back on the street, according to the report.

“To have it stop would completely upend all the progress that they’ve made, and then you multiply that by 59,000 households,” Sonya Acosta, policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, told the AP.

Given $5 billion in funding, it was expected that the money would last until the end of the decade. This is no longer the case.

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Last month, HUD sent letters to the groups that disperse the money, advising them to “manage your EHV program with the expectation that no additional funding from HUD will be forthcoming.”

The only way to save the program would be to allocate more money to the vouchers in the federal budget.

According to the AP, “It’s a relatively expensive prospect at a time when Republicans, who control Congress, are dead set on cutting federal spending to afford tax cuts.”

They say, “Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who championed the program four years ago, is pushing for another $8 billion infusion.”

Four GOP lawmakers who oversee the budget negotiations did not respond to AP requests for comment.