Today, House Republicans passed the mammoth reconciliation bill endorsed by President Donald Trump after a tumultuous 13 hours on the House floor. The bill passed by a vote of 218-214, with every Democrat and 2 Republicans voting against it. Senate Republicans passed the bill by a slim margin earlier this week, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie. President Trump is expected to host a signing ceremony for the bill tomorrow, which is an acknowledgment of accomplishing his goal of passing the legislation by the Fourth of July.
Bill Includes Meaningful LIHTC and Child Tax Credit Expansion with Deep Social Safety Net Cuts
CLPHA, in collaboration with industry partners, has written a letter to Congress advocating for full funding of the Housing Choice Voucher program, project-based rental assistance, and continued assistance for Emergency Housing Voucher households.
The Trump Administration’s proposal to combine five major federal housing assistance programs into a single state-administered block grant program, would cut existing funding in half and cause 2.1 million families to lose rental assistance and be at-risk of homelessness, according to new analysis from the Urban Institute.
For the third consecutive year, the number of cost-burdened renter households set a new high at 22.6 million in 2023. This critical finding was announced yesterday as part of the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies’ annual State of the Nation’s Housing report.
A new one-pager from the Chicago Housing Authority outlines the economic impact of CHA's public housing portfolio on the city's rental market, construction and development, and low-income families and explains how the Trump Administration's FY26 budget proposal would negatively impact the economy. View the one-pager here.
Kenzie Bok, CLPHA board member and Boston Housing Authority administrator, spoke with CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith on The Codcast to discuss the threat of President Trump’s budget on rental assistance spending. Listen now.
