Just minutes after taking the oath of office, President Trump made it harder for working families to get a mortgage. The President suspended a planned cut in FHA mortgage insurance premiums, which the National Association of Realtors estimates will cost as many as 40,000 families a shot at a new home. That’s 40,000 who just lost their chance to buy a home thanks to brand new President Trump. Now that he's in office, we must measure the President by his actions, not only his words – and what he did today was make it that much harder for families trying to achieve the American Dream.
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Thousands of Children Will Be Made Homeless Under Trump's New Plan
In 1968 — just a week after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination — Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, or FHA.
The law secured everyone’s right to housing regardless of race,
national origin, disability, familial status, sex, or religion. The FHA
protects people from discrimination when they’re renting, getting a
mortgage, or seeking housing assistance — including applying for public
housing or housing vouchers.
Now the Trump administration is going against that legacy, proposing a
regulation that will target immigrant families living in
government-subsidized housing.