WASHINGTON – RealEstateRama – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem today signed the “American Housing Programs for American Citizens” Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), to end the wasteful misappropriation of taxpayer dollars to benefit illegal aliens instead of American citizens.
As part of this new agreement, HUD will provide a full-time staff member to assist in operations at the Incident Command Center (ICC), establishing an interagency partnership to facilitate data sharing and ensure taxpayer-funded housing programs are not used to harbor or benefit illegal aliens.
“American tax dollars should be used for the benefit of American citizens, especially when it comes to an issue as pressing as our nation’s housing crisis,” said Secretary Scott Turner. “This new agreement will leverage resources including technology and personnel to ensure American people are the only priority when it comes to public housing. We will continue to work closely with DHS to maximize our resources and put American citizens first.”
“The Biden Administration prioritized illegally aliens over our own citizens, including by giving illegal aliens taxpayer-funding housing at the expense of Americans. Not anymore. The entire government will work together to identify abuse and exploitation of public benefits and make sure those in this country illegally are not receiving federal benefits or other financial incentives to stay illegally. If you are an illegal immigrant, you should leave now. The gravy train is over,” said Secretary Kristi Noem.
According to recent data from the Center for Immigration Studies, about 59 percent of illegal alien households use one or more welfare programs, creating roughly $42 billion in costs. Across the country there are about 9 million residents of public and subsidized housing without proper information sharing to determine eligibility status. Under the Biden administration, states and localities introduced legislation to ban illegal aliens from public housing.
In addition to the American Housing Programs for American Citizens MOU, HUD, through its office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), instructed Moving to Work (MTW) Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to comply with Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, prohibiting HUD-funded service providers from providing financial assistance to illegal immigrants.
