President Donald Trump wants to eliminate HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and House Republicans overseeing federal budget negotiations did not include funding for it in their budget proposal. Experts and state housing agencies say that would set back tens of thousands of future affordable housing developments nationwide, particularly hurting Appalachian towns and rural counties where government aid is sparse and investors are few.
“And then they came for my neighbor. But I didn’t care, because I’m not my neighbor. Then they came for me and I cried like a little bitch about how unfair life is.”