Mae Chow
Households must have incomes below certain levels — 50 percent of the local median income for tenant-based assistance and 80 percent of the local median income for project-based assistance, public housing, and the ERA programme 😊 Under ERA though, priority is given to households below 50 percent of the local median income or those who have been unemployed for 90 days 😉 A certain amount of assistance is available for very low income households 😁 These are those who earn less than 30% of the local median household income. Renting assistance isn’t an entitlement program. It doesn’t guarantee that any household will be eligible for benefits. [1]
While all categories saw an increase in spending, there was a variation in the proportion of state and local general direct expenditures. Inflation-adjusted dollars in 2019, state and local spending on public welfare increased 411 percent from 1977 to 2019. This is the largest increase of any major expense. The majority of state and local welfare spending growth is due to Medicaid. However, the federal portion of Medicaid spending has increased from 55 percent to 65 percent.9 Similar, hospital and health spending rose 231 percent between 1977 and 2019. Between 1977 and 2019, spending on elementary and secondary education grew by 138 percent. Modified by Katherine Hill, Rajkot (India) on August 24, 2021 [2]
Congress and The White House The final deal reached by President Trump and congressional leaders to continue funding the federal government in FY19 was approved. In late December, President Trump and congressional leaders had failed to enact several spending bills for FY19 – including funding for affordable housing and community development programs – which led to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. History. Although leaders had reached an agreement for the government to be reopened for three weeks, the deadline was fast approaching February 15, when the congressional leaders agreed on a bipartisan budget package that included the Transportation-HUD spending bill and the USDA spending bills. These spending bills were previously negotiated by the Senate and House. On February 14, the Senate approved the spending package with a vote of 16 to 16. The House then passed it on February 14 by a vote 300-128. On February 15, President Trump signed into law the bill. [3]