👏WIN FOR CA TENANTS: Thanks to Asm. @matthaneysf.bsky.social and @governor.ca.gov Newsom, we just passed a new state law preventing Trump’s HUD from kicking poor and working families out of their homes through strict work requirements and time limits!
![Graphic has dark blue border on white background. AP’s logo is at the top middle. The NHLP logo sits at the bottom. The title of the article and author name are below: “A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing by Valerie Gonzalez.”
Text reads: “On Feb. 3, the Port Isabel Housing Authority sent residents a letter saying that the Trump administration wanted every household member to prove legal status within 30 days or face eviction [...] The events that followed provided a glimpse of what could happen in communities across the U.S. if the proposed rule is actually finalized. The occupancy rate plunged from 91% in January to 43% in May, far below the national average of 94%. “The impact was not limited to undocumented immigrants, but really to immigrants who are here legally as well as people within their families who are citizens,” Marie Claire Tran-Leung, senior staff attorney at National Housing Law Project, said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phwbjxak2mvhnovpipkt3dao/bafkreiegfcgggvmunjz6hj3yrsrvdkjhxeper5up32wvgljxusxdupoete)
