Posted on 02/26/2026 3:41:28 PM PST by Libloather
A proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would crack down on illegal immigrants or unqualified people living in public housing, closing a loophole established amid major departmental reforms under President Bill Clinton in 1996.
Current HUD rules allow "mixed-status" households to use public housing under what is called the "do not contend" provision, in which a person living among a public housing family can declare they "do not contend" their HUD eligibility under their immigration status, and the family instead receives prorated housing assistance.
The HUD-ineligible family member or members may remain in public housing so long as the family accepts their diminished subsidies, according to reports.
The new HUD rule, proposed this week under Secretary Scott Turner, would eliminate the option for residents to say they "do not contend" and instead require every member to verify citizenship or prove eligible noncitizen status to continue receiving housing assistance.
The proposed rule would not categorically prohibit noncitizens from public housing, but those remaining would have to prove they are eligible for taxpayer-funded assistance.
While illegal immigrants would be barred, green-card holders are fully eligible under federal housing law.
People admitted to the U.S. under official refugee or asylee status also remain eligible, as well as individuals whose DHS order of removal is being legally withheld due to threat of personal harm in their home country.
Cuban emigres who have fled the Communist dictatorship 90 miles off Key West have also historically been considered eligible, as have certain foreign domestic violence or trafficking victims.
Turner’s proposal, however, would guarantee that all people living in HUD-funded housing are eligible under statute.
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Good! Turn over the housing that is vacated by ILLEGALS to homeless Veterans!
Man, it STILL p*sses me off that ANY AMERICAN VETERAN should be homeless. Grrrr!
I agree.
Good! Turn over the housing that is vacated by ILLEGALS to homeless Veterans! Man,
it STILL p*sses me off that ANY AMERICAN VETERAN should be homeless. Grrrr!
An outrage the way our military get treated.
Remember when Bill Clinton said he “loathed” the military?
Non Citizens shouldn’t get anything. You’re not supposed to become a ward of the state when you. move here
Yes
Exactly, quit giving them all of everything for free and they will go back to where they came from.
Easiets way to deport them.
I rushed my retirement from the Army a bit so Bush 1 would sign my Presidential Certificate of Appreciation.
Not that I’m a fan of Bush 1.
But he was infinitely better than Bubba the Pedo.
How to solve the immigration problem is easy for the non criminals.
1. No taxpayer funded benefits of any kind ever with the exception of emergency medical care that will make you well enough to go home.
2. No educational benefits for your children least they are born in the USA and thus American Citizens. We need to close this loop hole about citizenship but alas it is the law until adjudicated before the Supreme Court.
3. Free plane tickets home and 5K$ each. The 5k is a fraction of what we spend on benefits and education. It is a wise bet.
4. Come back again as an illegal alien, 2 years prison on a work farm. They need to pay for their imprisonment.
5. The criminals will not voluntarily deport themselves. They will need to be hunted down. Dependent on their crimes either put in jail or deported. If again they return automatic sentences to many years on the prison farm.
I know the culture of Mexico and South America. I was raised on the border as a gringo speaking Spanish. My playmates on the farm were Mexican kids. They did not speak English until they went to school. Their grandmother was a dear friend of my family. Her food was great! Oddly, the were all legal. She treated me like one of her grandchildren, it was a paradise for a young boy. I worked in South America. My wife is from Mexico. What I posted is not harsh. It will work. I know of which I speak.
You’re not supposed to become a ward of the state when you. move here
I was screwed if I retired on time or a year early, Big Mike’s wife and Big Mike signed our papers. I asked my wife if she wanted me to keep her letter-I couldn’t even finish the question before she shouted out, burn it. So that’s what I did, burned all of it.
We get treated a lot better under Trump than any other president in my 70 year old memory.
I was shocked how low of a percentage of Americans are Vets! 6.1% of the adult American population as of 1963.
Since most my family served, I assumed that was a common thing. Very wrong!
Less than 10% of America is keeping your Democrat asses free to bitch about us.
I was crawling around Nukes in North Dakota at age 18 while you were being Democrats!
But the Deep State does what it likes.
No one is above the law - except:
Less than 10% of America is keeping Democrat a***es free to bitch about us.
I was crawling around Nukes at age 18 while they were being execrable Democrats!
SOBs.....every single dam Dem.
US public housing should go to US CITIZENS only.
bttt
Could lose?
They never should have gotten it in the first place.
Illegals should NOT get housing PERIOD..see this is how the commies buy them off, give them all these freebies on OUR DAMN DIME and in return they vote Dem
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