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Maine #housingauthorities can’t access funds after Donald #Trump freezes #grants
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The memo announcing the freeze from Trump’s acting director of the Office of Management and Budget said it would be effective at 5 p.m. Tuesday, but the executive directors of both Portland and Bangor’s housing authorities said they were already unable to access federal funds by early Tuesday afternoon. The director of #MaineHousing, the state housing authority, said that all public #housingauthorities in Maine were facing the same issue.
bangordailynews.com/2025/01/28

Bangor Daily News · Maine housing authorities can’t access funds after Donald Trump freezes grantsBy Zara Norman

I was briefly excited about receiving this letter because recertification is a lot of work for me, mainly because I submit all my medical expenses because there are so many.

But I don’t think this is actually good for people like me. Maybe I’m misunderstanding this but it just asks us to report changes to family composition income and assets but not medical expenses. So if mine spike up next year I’m stuck at the 2024 level until 2027?

I don’t know, maybe this is good and I should be happy about it. I guess I’ll wait and see.

I assume the section 8 waitlist for the Boston area is closed because it’s too long, but if you can find one in Massachusetts that’s open you don’t actually have to live in Massachusetts to apply for section 8 in Massachusetts. Or at least you didn’t have to a decade ago.

But look at these income limits. Back when I had a career my mom used to tell me I should get on the section 8 waitlist just in case and I would scoff at her and tell her that I never qualify for anything, I’m pretty sure I would have qualified even when I had my career and when I became disabled I regretted not taking her advice because it was a really long wait.

#boston#MA#housing