Deadline: All comments must be submitted by April 21, 2026.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has proposed yet another policy that will destabilize immigrant families, putting Illinois seniors and children in particular at risk.
In February, HUD published a proposed rule that targets mixed immigration status families (households with members who are both eligible and ineligible based on immigration status) who receive HUD-funded housing. Overall, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) estimated these changes could cause 80,000 people nationwide to lose their rental assistance, including 37,000 children.
Currently, federal law and longstanding HUD policy allow for mixed-status families to live under the same roof and receive HUD subsidies for only those members of the family who are eligible based on immigration status. The proposed rule would eliminate this assistance, requiring families to either separate or face potential eviction and housing instability.
Additionally, through the proposed processes, many more people, including U.S. citizens, would have to verify their citizenship by providing specific documentation. The CBPP reports that approximately 3.8 million US citizens lack proof of citizenship and 17.5 million cannot easily access those documents—putting many more people at risk of losing their housing because they cannot meet the high burden of the proposed rule.
How you can help:
File a public comment opposing this cruel rule.
In collaboration with the Keep Families Together campaign, Housing Action is mobilizing people to oppose this proposed rule and keep families together, safe, and housed. Take just 5 minutes and join us:
- Visit regulations.gov to file a public comment.
- Draft your comment; feel free to customize one of the Keep Families Together examples. Fill out the complete form and hit submit.
- Let the campaign know you submitted a comment.
All comments must be submitted by April 21, 2026.
Your voice makes a difference. In 2019, we mobilized our collective voice to tell HUD and the Trump Administration that we opposed a similar cruel rule. It worked; the rule was never adopted. Now we need to create a new flood of comments and refuse to allow this rule from being adopted.
Thank you for helping keep families together.
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