Why proposed cuts to rent aid are stalling affordable housing development
Here & Now Anytime
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🗓️ 28 August 2025
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President Trump has proposed scaling back federal funding for low-income renters as part of his budget for the next fiscal year that starts in October. Developers are already responding by scaling back projects that rent to people who depend on that aid to pay their rent. Denice Wint of EAH Housing, a low-income housing developer, explains more.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for here and now anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design. |
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| 0:17.4 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:23.3 | We just have to prepare because there's constant shifts that are happening, |
| 0:28.0 | and we just have to go day by day at this point. |
| 0:31.2 | Uncertainty over rental aid is stalling housing for low-income families and seniors. |
| 0:43.8 | Thank you. is stalling housing for low-income families and seniors. It's Thursday, August 28th, and this is Here and Now Anytime, from NPR and WBUR, Boston. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm Ashley Locke, in for Chris Bentley. |
| 0:55.5 | Today on the show, why Iowa's Republican governor boosted child care access without the support of lawmakers in her state. |
| 1:04.1 | And teachers and parents are frustrated over the cost of school supplies as tariffs drive up prices and the federal government makes cuts to public education. |
| 1:14.6 | This debate does come around this time of year. Every year, it is a little bit different this year, though. |
| 1:20.6 | But first, cities around the country desperately need more housing for low and middle income people. |
| 1:26.9 | But in some places, construction has come to a halt. |
| 1:30.4 | There's some uncertainty over the future of a federal program that helps millions of people pay their rent. |
| 1:36.9 | Back in June, housing secretary Scott Turner testified before Congress about President Trump's proposal to cut billions of dollars from the |
| 1:46.6 | Section 8 rental assistance program. |
| 1:49.0 | It's broken and deviated from its original purpose, which is to temporarily help Americans |
| 1:54.4 | in need. |
| 1:55.7 | HUD assistance is not supposed to be permanent. |
| 1:58.8 | It should be a trampoline, not a hammock, not a resting place. |
| 2:02.9 | Peter O'Dowd gets the view of Denise Wint. She's vice president of real estate development for |
| 2:08.3 | EAH housing. The nonprofit develops housing in California and Hawaii. We're busy. We're seeing a lot of |
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