Overview

• ProPublica obtained unpublished HUD drafts that outside experts say could end federal housing assistance for roughly 4 million people.
• The drafts outline a two-year cap on aid, potential 40-hour weekly work requirements for most adults, and loss of benefits for households that cannot prove all members are citizens or in the process of becoming citizens.
• A HUD analysis cited in the reporting indicates about 20,000 mixed-status families currently receiving aid could be affected by the citizenship rule.
• The work rules would not be universal but could be adopted by local agencies and landlords, with a HUD projection cited that 750 public housing authorities and 3,500 landlords might implement them.
• HUD and DHS announced a data-sharing agreement in March to identify mixed-status households, and ProPublica reports HUD has planned to require local authorities to flag such families, while any formal rule would still undergo public comment that could take months or years.