A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing
Residents fled after a mistaken letter warned households to prove legal status or lose housing, and occupancy fell from 91% to 43%, officials said.
- A bungled letter from the Port Isabel Housing Authority triggered a mass exodus in Port Isabel, Texas, a community of 5,000, turning the neighborhood into a ghost town within weeks.
- The Port Isabel Housing Authority sent the letter after indicating a Trump proposal would end housing assistance to families with at least one ineligible member was about to take effect.
- Residents faced eviction threats, prompting families to leave homes of nearly a decade; one mother moved her children into a trailer, paying about $500 more per month in rent.
- Advocates estimate up to 80,000 people could be displaced nationwide under the measure, while the New York City Council warned the rule will "unequivocally lead to increased displacement, homelessness, poverty."
- Although the proposed rule from HUD still has not taken effect, it is almost certain to face legal challenges as the rule drew more than 16,000 public comments.
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Texas families fleeing public housing after unprecedented Trump-era immigration letter sparks panic
A Donald Trump administration policy proposal has changed the Gulf Coast city of Port Isabel, Texas in a way that may never allow it to return to its old state. It all started when the administration announced that it was looking into a new immigration measure that would end housing assistance if even just one member of a household was undocumented. Port Isabel is a city with a robust immigrant community, many of whom work in the hospitality ind…
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A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing
A bungled message from a South Texas housing authority prompted mass flight. The situation in Port Isabel offers a glimpse of what could happen nationwide if a Trump administration proposal takes effect to end housing assistance to families in which at least one member is in the country illegally.
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