An overhaul of the #housing agency comes on the heels of a congressional deal to fund the government through Sept that increased some housing spending yet did not keep pace with rising rents & the growing demand for federal #aid. The #funding gap could result in about 32,000 #voucher recipients soon losing access to federal #housing aid… on top of additional cuts once funding runs out in a pandemic-era program that expanded voucher availability.
…The White House also plans to dismantle a key office in the #housing agency that helps communities recover from deadly #NaturalDisasters, a move that could slow much-needed #emergency #aid. Separately, #Trump issued an #ExecutiveOrder last month eliminating a decades-old, government wide commission meant to coordinate the federal response to #homelessness.
Federal #voucher programs currently provide assistance to ~2.3M #LowIncome #families, acc/to the govt’s estimates, who enroll through their local public-#housing authorities. The #aid is part of a broader universe of #RentalAssistance programs that are set to exceed $54B this fiscal year. But the annual demand for these subsidies is far greater than available funds, creating a sizable wait list as rents are rising nationally.
The #Trump White House is considering deep cuts to federal #housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of #aid to #LowIncome #families, in a reconfiguration that could jeopardize millions of Americans’ continued access to #RentalAssistance funds.
#law #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/housing-aid-hud-federal-budget.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A1DB4796-EA62-4919-9C07-82BAC2B0A4BE
People can disagree over US #ForeignPolicy, said Joseph Cirincione, a nuclear policy & #NationalSecurity expert who has advised US presidents & supports US military #aid to #Ukraine, “but repeatedly helping #Russia advance its #propaganda aims by echoing its views on its state-directed media, that should be #disqualifying.”
Jerusalem – As ISR forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the #gaza strip, #palestine, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential #aid, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
A series of deadly attacks by ISR forces have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of humanitarian and medical workers in Gaza.
Statement MSF (prime source) 
APR-16
https://www.msf.org/gaza-has-become-mass-grave-palestinians-and-those-helping-them
Two Months After Trump’s Funding Cuts, a Nonprofit Struggles to Support Refugees and Itself
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After the Trump administration cut its funding, a Nashville nonprofit is fighting to provide refugees with the support it promised, despite contending with depleted resources, layoffs and disillusionment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/refugees-funding-cuts-nashville?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
It said it had saved exactly $318,310,328.30.
#Musk’s group has now triggered mass #firings across the government, & sharp cutbacks in #humanitarian #aid around the world. Musk has justified those disruptions with two promises: that the group would be transparent, & that it would achieve budget cuts that others called impossible.
Now, watching the group pare back its aims & puff up its progress, some of its allies have grown doubtful about both.
The situation in Gaza is now absolutely catastrophic: OCHA
More than 400,000 people have now been displaced in just over three weeks.
A massive shortage of water and water facilities have been damaged and destroyed, leading to absolutely appalling hygiene conditions.
Absolutely zero supplies have come in in over 40 days, which means OCHA is running out of everything, including critical medical and trauma supplies.
![Displaced Palestinians line up to fill their containers with water at the Bureij refugee camp [Eyad Baba/AFP]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/324/072/425/035/930/original/c027ff39d2828f11.webp "Displaced Palestinians line up to fill their containers with water at the Bureij refugee camp [Eyad Baba/AFP]")
The U.N. humanitarian agency say it is cutting 20% of its staff because of “brutal cuts” in funding that have left the organization with a nearly $60 million shortfall. Read more from @AssociatedPress
https://flip.it/j9gEeq
#UN #Aid #Humanitarianism #Funding #Cuts #Staff
#Gaza has become ‘a killing field’ due to #Israel blocking #aid, says #UN secretary general - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/09/gaza-killing-field-israel-blocking-aid-says-un-secretary-general-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates-news?page=with%3Ablock-67f620d88f084f01d2573c04#block-67f620d88f084f01d2573c04
At least 27 people are dead and more than 150 are injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic. @BBCNews has more.
https://flip.it/M0uhBh
#DominicanRepublic #Nightclub #Aid #Caribbean #DR
#Trump admin ends some #USAID contracts providing #lifesaving #aid across the #MiddleEast
The Trump admin has notified the #WorldFoodProgram & other partners that it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving #humanitarian programs across the Middle East, a #US ofcl & a #UN ofcl told AP on Mon.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #SoftPower #geopolitics #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-humanitarian-aid-1167e0f64dde9ab6cafa0d5e0b812710
BondyBlog Bruno Retailleau s’est invité chez moi pour l’Aïd, voici mon histoire: Le repas de l’Aïd couronne un mois d’efforts pour des millions de Français de confession musulmane. Dimanche dernier, la célébration a été pour beaucoup l’occasion de relâcher la pression, et d’exprimer un profond mal-être. Chez moi, le ministre de l’Intérieur s’est carrément imposé à table. Billet.
The post Bruno… https://www.bondyblog.fr/billet/bruno-retailleau-sest-invite-chez-moi-pour-laid-voici-mon-histoire/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Aïd #Ramadan #FrançaisMusulmans #Célébration #Communauté
*April Update*
(Ty to everyone who donated and shared last month. This month is Passover
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Pain leaving me in bed
Struggling financially
No vehicle. No bus line. I rely on friends and Lyft
HVAC and insulation leaks bad
Busted electrical outlets
Busted plumbing
Leaking roof
Water damaged floors
Mom's recovering
Waiting on disability
Need food delivered
Still need to pay for:
active goal 
goal met 
to be determined 
• transit - $0/200 month
• food - $31/100 month
• medications - $12/100 month
• medical masks - $10/10 month
• home supplies - $0/50 month
• braces - $0/7000
• transition $0/50000
• phone $0/350
• computer $0/1000
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Anything helps. Please boost / share 
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A 63-year-old woman has been pulled out from under the rubble alive more than three days after an earthquake struck Myanmar. Read more from @ABCNews@flipboard.com
https://flip.it/_V14Fg
#Myanmar #Earthquake #Disaster #Aid
@palestine
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Israel prevented the entry of 18,600 aid trucks and 1,550 trucks loaded with fuel.
“To further inflict starvation, the occupation has bombed more than 60 food banks and aid distribution centres, putting them out of service to enable the starvation. It has also bombed and targeted bakeries, halting and closing dozens of them.”
When he first heard the U.S. was halting almost all aid to Africa, he thought it was a joke. Now, Dr. Jean Kaseya, the director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is trying to steer the continent through an uncertain future. Read an interview with him from @npr
https://flip.it/ubRR0Z
#Africa #CDC #US #Aid #USAID #Trump
La Kharja de l’Aïd, une tradition retrouvée dans les rues de la Tunisie
https://lapresse.tn/2025/03/31/la-kharja-de-laid-ne-tradition-retrouvee-dans-les-rues-de-la-tunisie/
> Des centaines de Tunisiens ont célébré l’Aïd el-Fitr en perpétuant la tradition de la #Kharja, une procession festive et religieuse marquant l’aube du premier jour de l’Aïd. Dès les premières heures du matin, vêtus de leurs habits traditionnels, les participants se sont dirigés vers plusieurs #mosquée
#Culture #Tradition #Celebration #Aiedelfetr #Tunisie #Aïd
Many needy households in Japan are considering reducing their living expenses to cover the necessary spending for their children enrolling in junior or senior high school in April, a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/society/needy-households-school-preparation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #schools #surveys #poverty #children #aid
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