Big Cuts Proposed to 2018 HUD Budget

May 23, 2017                                  By: Donna Kimura

The Trump administration seeks to eliminate CDBG, HOME, and the Trust Fund.

Programs that have been the backbone of affordable housing and community development would be eliminated under President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget released today.

As expected, the longstanding Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs receive no funding in the budget request.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson

Plans to eliminate the popular programs became known in the “skinny budget” that came out in March. The release of the administration’s budget proposal confirms those plans, which local leaders and housing advocates say would devastate communities and millions of low-income people across the country................Read More