Tennessee’s poorest families could see 24 percent rent hike under Trump administration proposal
“Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson’s plan to hike federally subsidized rents is meant to pressure low-income residents to work more. For Daniel West, whose schedule is already tight, it would more likely mean cutting back on inessential items like clothing. West lives in a four-bedroom apartment with his wife and their five kids at Cayce Place, an East Nashville public housing community operated by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency.”