Carson's housing plan would raise rents for poor by 20%, analysis shows

Housing department says proposal, which would affect 4m low-income households, will ‘give poor people a way out of poverty’ Ben Carson says his latest proposal to raise rents would mean a path toward self-sufficiency for millions of low-income households across the United States, by pushing more people to find work. For Ebony Morris and her four small children, it could mean homelessness, as experts warn of crippling costs that many families will be unable to bear. Morris lives in Charleston, South Carolina, where most households receiving federal housing assistance would see their rent go up an average 26%, according to new analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities think tank. But Morris’s increase would be nearly double that. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/07/ben-carson-housing-plan-would-raise-rents-for-poor-by-20-analysis-shows #Headlines by: Associated Press in Charleston, South Carolina

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