Anonymous ID: b0b78f Dec. 25, 2021, 5:10 p.m. No.15255087   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5355

Biden Admin Sparks Uproar With Plan To Rip Emergency Aid From Rural Areas And Funnel It Toward Big Cities

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Rural areas are about to be hit by a Biden administration policy that puts the wants of major cities over the needs of small towns.

 

Rental assistance that was part of the coronavirus aid package has been spent in an uneven fashion, according to Politico. The Biden administration is planning to take what has not been spent — about half of the $46.5 billion allocated — and give it to areas that have spent the most money, which effectively means major cities.

 

Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas are among the states that are expected to be hard hit.

 

Advocates say rural states still need funding, regardless of the rate at which money is spent.

 

“The need is there,” said Sarah Kackar, director of rural initiatives at affordable housing group NeighborWorks America. “The geographic isolation and information gap are two really large struggles.”

 

Rural areas can be impacted by a lack of local government staff to deal with the new programs as well as communication issues in telling rural residents about programs for which they are eligible.

 

“If you’re living in rural America, you’re getting hit pretty hard,” said Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri. “We’ve got millions of residents who are now, today, experiencing acute housing problems that frankly are oftentimes overlooked because the attention is on big-city housing issues.”

 

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