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HUD Moves to Cut Public Housing Funds for 'Sanctuary' Areas

By Michael Katz |

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development is stepping up its efforts to implement President Donald Trump's executive order on ending taxpayer subsidies for "sanctuary" policies.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner is expected to send a letter to every public housing authority and grantee at the department's Office of Public and Indian Housing outlining the changes, the Washington Examiner reported Friday.

"Recently, I directed HUD senior leadership to review our programs and institute mechanisms that can ensure that HUD programs are compliant with President Trump's Executive Order," Turner wrote in the letter, dated Friday.

"For example, going forward, grant agreements will include language that will require compliance with Executive Order 14218, and the Department will take steps to ensure that Federal resources are not used to support 'sanctuary' policies of State and local jurisdictions that actively prevent federal authorities from deporting illegal aliens.

"I am excited to work with our grantees and other stakeholders to implement this Executive Order and enforce the law so that HUD programs are used for the benefit of the American people."

A senior HUD official told the Examiner that Turner isn't specifically targeting states or local governments that have declared themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, adding such governments will get a chance to comply with the new guidance to retain access to public housing funds.

"Federal public benefits cannot be used for illegal aliens," the aide said.

Effective May 25, nonpermanent residents, including asylum-seekers, people with pending refugee status, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients, will no longer be eligible for Federal Housing Administration Mortgages, Turner announced last month.

He and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also launched an interagency partnership to monitor public housing programs and "ensure taxpayer-funded housing programs are not used to harbor or benefit illegal aliens."

Thanx for validating my exit from the hood. I am sure the LL will be responsible for the eviction of all the illegals that have been receiving HUD bennies for the prior 4 years.

I never checked for US citizenship when renting S8 .... many will be "surprised" when the checks stop.

[[[[[[...... I am sure the LL will be responsible for the eviction of all the illegals that have been receiving HUD bennies for the prior 4 years.....]]]]

Good point Oregon .... My hood is a Sanctuary .... no crime reported to the Feds .

I'm a bit mystified as to why the progressives ae so aggressively desperate to hang onto their criminals, their murderers, their rapists, their drug dealing gang members. But they really do not want to let them go and are fighting hard to be able to keep them in their community.

Of course, I find a lot of the things they do to be illogical.

NE, we should build more walls. These are inside the country.