HUD预算要砍60亿美元，Section 8 房客估计要少了

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

The Washington Post also reported Thursday that the Trump administration is thinking about cutting Housing and Urban Development by $6 billion, cuts the head of the union representing HUD employees said would be "devastating" to day-to-day operations at the department.

Jereon Brown, spokesman for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told CNN Thursday he had not seen a budget that cut HUD spending by $6 billion but he did not outright refute the report.

Brown said all of HUD's programs are being considered for cuts but that the process is "still ongoing" and "will be ongoing" for the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, HUD Secretary Ben Carson looked to calm concerns at the department with an email to all staff Thursday, saying, "Please understand that the budget negotiations currently underway are very similar to those that have occurred in previous years."

 

"This budget process is a lengthy, back-and-forth process that will continue. It's unfortunate that preliminary numbers were published but please take some comfort in knowing that starting numbers are rarely final numbers," he wrote.

But so far, that message hasn't quelled the widespread concerns, said Holly Salamido, head of the union that represents HUD employees.

"The cuts ... would be devastating to the constituents that HUD serves," Salamido said. "Everyone is extremely concerned. That cuts that were described were draconian and there is a great deal of angst right now among employees."