MF45's HUD Secretary Ben Carson has strong ties to Baltimore
and would have been in a position to help this and other cities. Why doesn't his boss hold him accountable?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0703-carson-hud-20180628-story.html%3foutputType=amp
"...Through the “Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018,” Dr. Carson wants to kick the ladder out from underneath millions of seniors, persons with disabilities and working moms. The Trump-Carson HUD Bill will triple minimum monthly rents (from $50 to $150) on residents who have little or no income. It will require residents to pay a greater percentage of their incomes toward rent and end deductions of large medical expenses before calculating rents. These cuts will increase evictions and homelessness at the same time that the Salvation Army’s Booth House, one of the Baltimore’s largest shelters for families with children, is closing.
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While we protest appalling proposals from Washington, there is still hope at the local level. I am a member of the Baltimore Housing Roundtable that is working day in and day out to realize a human right to housing. Councilman John Bullock and Council President Jack Young have responded to the challenge of the Trump administration and proposed the “Fund the Trust Act” (Council bill 18-0221) that will provide $20 million per year to the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Over 10 years, this legislation could help develop or preserve over 4,000 affordable homes, prevent over 4,600 evictions, rehabilitate 1,600 vacants and employ over 8,500 Baltimore residents. At the Housing Roundtable and Housing For All, we are pushing our leaders to act now on the bill to protect city residents from this administration’s callous and inhumane policies. This is what leadership and a grassroots plan for action looks like."....(more)
