War on Poverty

What it always was: war on the poor.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would allow public housing authorities and private owners to require each adult in a household to work up to an average of 32 hours a week.

The elderly and disabled — who make up 55 percent of those receiving federal housing aid — would be exempt from the requirements. Another 26 percent of those receiving assistance are already working, NBC News reported Tuesday.

Education and vocational training could count toward those hours, but volunteer service would not, according to a copy of the draft proposal obtained by NBC.

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The proposal also recommends rent increases for those receiving the subsidies. Rental contributions would increase to 35 percent of tenants’ income, up from 30 percent. Recipients would also not be allowed to deduct medical and child-care costs from their incomes.

The proposal also includes a higher mandatory minimum rent at about $150 a month, based on the federal minimum wage. This is a large increase from the proposed minimum rent of $50 per month included in Trump’s budget last year.

  The Hill

There'll be a surge of new people living on the streets.

Is this from the brilliant brain of Dr. Carson?  Or just a general GOP wish list?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.