They should all line up at Trump Hotels and ask for rooms because you know “These people are resourceful and will find a way”
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No landlords will see this as an opportunity. All will see it as a major pain in the ass.
In particular, the owner/developers are mission-oriented nonprofit housing providers in the Section 202 is for elderly and Section 811 is for the disabled programs. The residents will still be paying 30% of their income (in the case of the elderly - in the ballpark of $300-400/month) toward the rent so at least some income is coming in. HUD is saying it will not be able to pay its contractually obligated portion of the rent and that owners will do the best they can and HUD is giving them the ability to borrow from the building’s replacement reserves if they are in a cashflow squeeze.
The large for-profit owners will scream at their Reps and Senators and they typically have the ear of both parties. So this is the kind of thing that could hasten the reopening of government.
ETA - the HUD letters made no mention of evictions - that was unnecessarily provocative on the part of WaPo to leap to that conclusion.
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We may know something about demographic votes but we don’t know about individuals. And even if a soybean farmer did vote for Trump, and now ironically has been bankrupted by him, that’s not something to gladden my heart. I’m callous enough about things, and don’t want to be more so. If Trump voters find their way to regret and greater understanding, good. Their suffering doesn’t help me much, though, and often people will still be in denial and fail to learn the lesson. I hope nobody is evicted, long story short.
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And triple-god-damn every person who voted for Jill Stain. (The Green Party - Getting Republicans Elected Every November.)
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And I’m definitely not an expert in this area. But would this be an opportunity, like in NYC, say, to get rid of rent-stabilized folks in areas where the market rates are higher? That’s the possibly opportunity I see for them, could be wrong.
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I don’t wish hard luck to befall anyone who voted for him though I think we’re expected to so. Look how stupid the rubes are kind of thing. But to have faith in his campaign speeches and now be utterly abandoned and facing homelessness is no kind of political payback for being naive.
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Every time I see or hear Ben Carson’s name I am reminded of the Bad Lip Reading of one of the GOP primary debates in 2016…
Ain’t nothing I’ve seen to dis-remind me of that.
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Let him visit Nogales, or Del Rio and leave him on the other side of the border.
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Funny, I’m really, really angry at Trump voters. Cut a lot of them off socially. It’s not a political difference, it’s a moral difference, and it’s not acceptable. And yet I just don’t feel that vengeful thing of wanting them to suffer. Even if it could be selective, I don’t know, it’s not that I’m such a decent person. It just doesn’t work for me somehow. I’d like for them to feel taken and stupid enough not to do it again, but that’s about it. I know they’re racist and awful and worse than plague bacilli, I get all that, but that’s still how I feel. 
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“Owners of properties with FHA insured mortgages or 202/811 Capital Advances may submit requests for releases from their reserve for replacement accounts to cover funding shortfalls caused by non-payment of monthly rental subsidy.”
And where is the staff that will be receiving, processing, and reviewing these requests? I’m sure that a significant number of the folks whose job it is to do so are currently being locked out by the Trump mal-administration.
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What would Fred Trump do?
EVICT!
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Yes, Virginia, they really are that stupid and mean.
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This is my area but I am not an attorney.
The for-profit project-based rental assistance deals that HUD is referencing here typically set rents at or near market rates. The subsidy is in the form of payments that make up the difference between what the residents can afford to pay and the agreed rent level. There would be little to no upside and plenty of costs.
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Good question - maybe the Deputy Assistant Secretary who wrote the letter (who surprisingly and thankfully) appears to be qualified for his position. In 20/20 hindsight, he probably should have just issued a blanket authority to use reserves.
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Not just blacks and browns, and not just in the South. Varies state to state, but about half of of the country’s public assistance beneficiaries are white. The other half are various minorities, with blacks about 1/4. Some of the highest beneficiary states (e.g., Oregon, Maine) have small, 1-2% minority populations. Percentage by race will give a different story, and is most quoted by Repubs.
Fun Fact:
In the spring of 2017, the newly elected president met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus. During that meeting, one of the members mentioned to Trump that welfare reform would be detrimental to her constituents— adding, “Not all of whom are black,” according to NBC News.
The president was incredulous. “Really? Then what are they?”
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In NYC?
Ivanka will be riding around in a limo writing down addresses of future buildings to buy, or tear down
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Um, cuz you’re a good person? And something like that comes from a solid core of decency?
I hope you never change. 
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The only silver lining I can see is that MAYBE some Americans will finally understand what “government” actually does to help people like them. Not just those other (usually brown) people.
Those poor white people in KY and WV don’t care if they take away their food stamps…they ain’t got no teeth to eat with. And it’s not like in the old days that you could actually sell the stamps and buy booze.
Those consequences of the shutdown are inconsequential when measured against the goal of building a wall to prevent immigrants from crossing the border and depriving Americans of paychecks, food, and shelter.
Regards,
Milo Minderbender
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