PG County Housing Funding Slashed In Federal Budget: Claim

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD -- Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland is protesting a provision in the proposed 2020 federal budget that they say would cut affordable housing funding in Prince George's County.

"The administration’s 2020 budget request, released this month, proposes to eliminate funding for programs that support affordable housing, a move that would worsen the affordable housing shortage facing Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties and communities across the United States," the organization said in a statement.

The budget proposed by the White House would reduce or eliminate funding that Habitat for Humanity relies on to build and improve affordable housing, the organization added.

“The funding for these programs really does strengthen the reach of Habitat’s work. We see the impact it has every single day. We sincerely hope that our elected officials will not lose sight of the important role these programs play in their communities,” said Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland President John Paukstis in the statement. “We strongly encourage our supporters and all advocates for affordable housing to contact their members of Congress and urge them to fight for adequate funding of these programs in the fiscal year 2020 budget.”