New federal housing rule could displace thousands, experts warn
Summary
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a rule requiring residents of federally funded public housing to prove U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status. The rule is scheduled to take effect Dec. 14 and could affect about 80,000 people in mixed-status families, including many U.S. citizen children.Key Facts
- Since 1995, mixed-status families have been allowed to live together in HUD-funded housing when subsidies covered only eligible household members.
- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that about 20,000 mixed-status households, or 80,000 people, could be affected.
- About 37,000 people who could be affected are children, most of them U.S. citizens, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
- Families in all 50 states could be affected, with the largest concentrations in New York, California and Texas.
- A coalition of 22 state attorneys general opposed the rule and said it could increase costs for states and worsen the affordable housing crisis.
- HUD Secretary Scott Turner said an audit found nearly 200,000 tenants with incomplete or unverified eligibility status.
- HUD proposed a similar rule in 2019, withdrew it in 2021, and reintroduced a proposal in February 2026.
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