The Trump administration's 2026 budget proposal aims to reduce funding for federal rental assistance programs by 43%, including the Section 8 voucher program. Advocates for low-income households caution that this proposal will exacerbate the housing affordability crisis and increase homelessness. The administration argues that it seeks to grant states more flexibility in managing these programs and proposes limiting rental assistance to able-bodied adults to two years. Critics, including policy analysts, warn that such cuts contradict any previous commitments to make housing more affordable and threaten support for vulnerable populations.
"Millions of fewer people would receive assistance," said Sonya Acosta, a senior policy analyst with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-leaning think tank. "We heard during President Trump's campaign that his plan was to make housing more affordable and this is really doing the opposite."
The proposal has drawn sharp criticism from advocates for low-income households, who say it would worsen the housing affordability crisis, increase homelessness and unfairly punish workers whose bosses simply donât pay them enough.
The Trump administration wants to sharply reduce funding for federal rental assistance that helps hundreds of thousands of California households afford a home.
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, minimum-wage workers can afford a market-rate, one-bedroom apartment in only 6% of U.S. counties while working 40 hours a week.
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