Affordable housing threatened as Trump halts $1 billion slated for extending life of aging buildings
Phyllis Goss opens the window blinds for her birds inside her studio apartment at Smith Tower Apartments on Monday in Vancouver, Wash. Credit: AP/Jenny Kane
The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thousands of units livable for low-income Americans, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.
The action is part of a slew of cuts and funding freezes at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, largely at the direction of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, that have rattled the affordable-housing industry.
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