America Can’t Afford Ben Carson’s Housing Cuts
“Last week, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson proposed legislation to make affordable housing ‘work’ by making it stingier. The bill would force low-income households to pay more of their scarce earnings in rent, tripling the rent for the poorest. Carson claims the changes would ‘provide an incentive [for renters] to increase their earnings.’ That flies in the face of research showing that making housing more affordable helps to improve economic self-sufficiency and increases children’s future earnings.”