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Federal Housing Programs on the Chopping Block

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Advocates for federal government programs for the poor are warning that deep cuts to the housing voucher program may be coming. The co-authors of a report from the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said late last year that housing programs for the poor may be slashed by the new Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives

New House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and other U.S. House Republicans will begin re-writing funding bills for 2011, with a goal of making substantial cuts.

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