Republicans dismiss fears that their debt ceiling bill would make the housing crisis worse for 1 million families as 'scaremongering'

Sun, 05/07/2023 - 07:15

Tents housing the homeless line a street in downtown Los Angeles, California on April 22, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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House Republicans' debt ceiling bill would cut significant funding from federal housing services.
HUD is warning that the most vulnerable Americans would be adversely impacted by the cuts.
But a half dozen Republican senators who spoke with Insider dismissed those concerns.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is warning that if Congress passes the House's debt ceiling legislation, more than 900,000 low-income households would lose housing assistance.