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Amid GOP Assault on Safety Net, Trump's HUD Secretary Says Poverty Mostly a "State of Mind"

Trump's Budget Draft Takes Axe to Low Income Housing Funds

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

There is a national shortage of 7.4 million homes affordable and available to the lowest income people in this country, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. (Photo: Tim Evanson/cc/flickr)

Should the Trump administration's plan to slash 14 percent from the national housing budget come to fruition, people will indeed be "dying on the street," the head of national advocacy group warned on Thursday, borrowing President Donald Trump's own words. Late Wednesday, the Washington Post published an analysis of the draft budget for fiscal...

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No, Ben Carson, Those in the 'Bottom of Slave Ships' Were Not Immigrants

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

"There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less," said Housing Secretary Ben Carson, who added that "they too had a dream." (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Secretary Ben Carson raised more than a few eyebrows on Monday when, during his...

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Six Democrats and Independent Sen. Angus King Vote to Confirm Inexperienced Safety-Net Foe Ben Carson

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

Retired neurosurgeon and failed presidential candidate Ben Carson was confirmed...

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Pressed By Warren, Carson Can't Promise Trump Won't Benefit From HUD Contracts

The GOP's Brilliant Plan to Distract from Critical Confirmation Hearings

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National Low Income Housing Coalition

Statement from Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, on President Trump’s Budget Request

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J20 9am Women of Color Action at Dept of Energy

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