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Ben Carson's rent increases can empower domestic abusers
The Hill ^ | 06/09/18 | Liesl Nydegger

Posted on 06/09/2018 8:11:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Rent is becoming less affordable, particularly those who are low-income, and getting worse. A proposed increase for people using federal housing subsidies will most affect single mothers and their children, putting them at risk for homelessness, increasing their risk for domestic violence.

We knew Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s idea to encourage self-sufficiency would hurt, now we know now much: Federal subsidies are expected to jump 20 percent, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for the Associated Press. People already working every day would be squeezed even more.

Over 3.3 million extremely low-income Americans receive housing subsidies, and millions more are homeless or pay more than half their income in rent, locked out of housing subsidies because of HUD limits or lack of low-cost housing.

A majority of domestic violence survivors already have experienced financial abuse. This means their partner has kept them from their finances, wouldn’t let them work, harassed them at work by showing up or calling excessively, or purposely destroyed their credit.

Physically abusive partners may abuse women to the point they cannot show up for work and lose their jobs. If women are able to leave an abusive partner, they often can only afford low-cost housing. But where will they go if they can’t retreat to the safety of affordable housing?

As a public health researcher embedded in these communities, the answer is simple: Nowhere.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bencarson; commiepropaganda; domesticabuse; hud
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To: yesthatjallen
"We knew Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s idea to encourage self-sufficiency would hurt..."

Welfare is not meant to be a lively hood, it is meant to bring relief for a short while....abusers here are those who expect to live forever on the Government tit.

21 posted on 06/09/2018 8:35:21 AM PDT by yoe
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22 posted on 06/09/2018 8:36:18 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: yesthatjallen

Make them get off their lazy @$$e$ and work to pay for rent for a nice place so they have a sense of pride for their home and they’ll think twice before they chance losing everything over jail for domestic abuse.

Remember there are now MORE JOBS than there are the unemployed.
The plantation is CLOSED. Now go out there and work.


23 posted on 06/09/2018 8:36:57 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: yesthatjallen

How dare this administration insist that people do more to support themselves!!! Why ... who knows what THAT could lead to??!!!!


24 posted on 06/09/2018 8:37:22 AM PDT by IronJack (A)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

That just about sums up this article.


25 posted on 06/09/2018 8:37:34 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: yesthatjallen
p11

New York is having regrets.

26 posted on 06/09/2018 8:39:01 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: bk1000

THANK YOU!!!!!


27 posted on 06/09/2018 8:39:25 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: yesthatjallen

Don’t procreate with thugs.


28 posted on 06/09/2018 8:43:28 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: yesthatjallen
This means their partner has kept them from their finances, wouldn’t let them work, harassed them at work by showing up or calling excessively, or purposely destroyed their credit.

Inshallah!

29 posted on 06/09/2018 8:44:50 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: yesthatjallen

>>wouldn’t let them work

Doesn’t sound like you’d qualify for government assistance if you are ABLE to work


30 posted on 06/09/2018 8:44:58 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it?)
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To: IronJack

When are we going to have a campaign to lower the number of single mothers with children. Maybe when we stop rewarding them for their actions?


31 posted on 06/09/2018 8:45:57 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: SaveFerris
I know whatcha mean! I was sauteing onions, peppers and mushrooms today for some super-easy cioppino. Some of the onions got a little brown.

If that ain't Global Warming-caused, nothin' is! Too Trumpin' much warm!!

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BTW, if you want the recipe, I'd be glad to oblige.

32 posted on 06/09/2018 8:47:03 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Stone cold sober, as a matter of fact.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Recipes are always good!

Especially if I can use low-cost ingredients.

(Got to add some hot dogs to those BBQ beans I made (1/2 leftover) - BIG can of Van Camp’s with a dent in the side - so I used it up. BBQ sauce, ketchup, paprika, onion powder, garlic salt, and some frozen green and red pepper (chopped) from last years garden....).


33 posted on 06/09/2018 8:50:33 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Global warming is why IHOP is changing to IHOb. Notice the “b” in global


34 posted on 06/09/2018 8:51:14 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

Everybody loved New Coke!

https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/ihop-to-ihob-name-change-dumbest-move-ever-brand-experts-warn


35 posted on 06/09/2018 8:53:52 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: yesthatjallen
Let me help us in understanding this moron.

...Women in abusive relationships are likely to leave abusers when the rent’s too high. Of the 25 percent of women abused by partners, many stay with or return to abusers because there’s not enough room in shelters or available affordable housing. Higher rent will only increase the likelihood of staying in abusive relationships to avoid homelessness...

Compare the first bolded sentence with the last bolded sentence. They are saying exactly opposite things. The author of this drivel is clearly suffering from TDS and using lots of that medical marijuana the alleviate it.

36 posted on 06/09/2018 8:54:55 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: CurlyDave
Leftists are mentally unstable.

They have to create excuses for why they believe the world doesn't work the way they believe it should.

They have a compulsive need to rationalize, makes excuses, find hidden meaning (racism, sexism, etc) for their denial of reality.

37 posted on 06/09/2018 9:02:09 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Cowboy Bob
You hit one of my hot button issues with that comment. I am beyond tired of paying for everyone else foibles. Here illegally, cannot speak language or hold a job, no problema, here is a subsidy; Have kids, not married, no problema, here are some bennies, some money and help for you on someone elses dime. Quit school before graduating, now spend day taking or dealing drugs to sustain your habit, no problema, we have some bennies, some treatment centers and some money to see you through all on some stiffs back. Being a member of the taker class has now completely over come the producer class and I am tired of being the dupe who did all the “right’ things in life and an sentenced to underwriting a ton of bad decisions because one particular group, the DC scum bags want more votes to stay in power by doling out largess.
38 posted on 06/09/2018 9:03:20 AM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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To: SaveFerris

Were the eggs from free-range chickens and the cheese from grass-fed, happy cows? There’s part of your problem. Factor in global warming and you have an omelet tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.


39 posted on 06/09/2018 9:10:41 AM PDT by Silentgypsy ( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
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To: yesthatjallen

OMG!! Probably makes the globe WARMER TOO! IDIOCY.


40 posted on 06/09/2018 9:15:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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