Rents could rise for millions of Americans

Millions of American families living in subsidized public housing, you may have to pay more for his rent.

The Department of housing and urban development (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHUD) is asking Congress to raise the rent of public housing from 30 to 35% of the income of tenants, with the exception of the elderly and tenants with disabilities.

According to a representative of HUD Ben Carson, these changes are necessary to update outdated system that does not encourage tenants of public housing to the search for higher earnings.

Defenders of the rights of tenants have already criticized the proposal of the Department, calling it a «war against people of low income.»

The plan, if implemented, will hit Bank accounts approximately every 14th of the new Yorker. The housing authority of the city (N. Y. C. Housing Authority — NYCHA) is the largest public housing in North America.

In NYCHA reported that the learning offer HUD, but also recognized that its implementation would negatively affect the residents of new York.

«We can’t stand aside when Washington is targeting the most vulnerable people in our city, — said in NYCHA. — This law will be a disaster for low-income residents of new York who are struggling every month to pay the rent.»

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