HUD is planning to ask PHAs to report the immigration status of public housing residents and voucher holders within 30 days. If the PHAs don’t—or can’t—comply, HUD has threatened to revoke their federal funding and eligibility. www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

From our post: These are not radical ideas. They are proven, practical, and urgently needed.” #disabilty #homelessness

People with #disabilities face a real risk of re-institutionalization. Our latest @urbaninstitute.bsky.social blog #disability #homelessness www.urban.org/urban-wire/n...

A growing number of states are passing laws that require companies to sell wheelchair parts to wheelchair users so they can fix it themselves or bring it to a mechanic to fix it for them. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Social Security is so desperate to improve phone answer speeds that they’re rerouting calls to people who can’t actually help. This is the kind of “service” that makes people want to throw their phones out the window. www.npr.org/2025/08/05/n...

Making sure people are able to have access to affordable AC is a disability justice issue.

The Trump administration said it will continue a program that allows certain employers to pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage, ending a Biden-era effort to phase out the practice.

To advance upward mobility in #communities, having access to #data that incorporates information about #disabilities is critical. Learn more about current challenges with including disability data and how Urban’s Upward Mobility Initiative tools can help.

GOP in Congress knows how to celebrate: By passing a bill that will massively cut Medicaid, drop food stamps from millions, fund a network of concentration camps, eliminate US efforts to counter climate change, & enact a huge transfer of wealth from the poorest to the wealthiest. Happy 4th of July!

The House just passed the budget. I'm a disabled person first before being a journalist. I'm so sorry to my disabled friends whose healthcare is now at risk.

Fewer disabled people may be able to take naps in their homes because they won't have home healthcare workers making sure their ventilators stay put due to their home and community based services getting cut and be forced to take naps in hospitals.

Penn-Wharton estimates that mass deportation will cut hundreds of billions in Social Security's income, increasing the program's long-term shortfall and causing its trust fund reserves to deplete 6 months sooner. budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2025/...

The reconciliation bill that GOP Senators are having a mighty difficult time passing would raise taxes on families making less than $30,000, in addition to stripping millions of households from Medicaid & cutting off food support.

Millions of people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda, including: 📍1,967,000 people in California 📍191,000 people in Colorado 📍156,000 people in Connecticut 📍49,000 people in DC Policymakers should protect people’s health care, not cut it

Yes!

The latest from the #Disability Policy team at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social

Not surprised. But terrified about the implications for us all #disability Health Secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r... via @statnews.com

Timeline cleanse

New research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that GOP's plan to extend 2017 tax cuts & cut Medicaid/SNAP would: —Increase incomes by 4% for households with incomes >$200,000 —Reduce incomes for households making <$30,000—with a reduction of $15% for the poorest www.urban.org/research/pub...

New from me at @motherjones.com: Disability advocates, Medicaid recipients (ofc overlap with the first) and politicians are currently participating in a 24-hour vigil to save Medicaid, organized by @caringacross.org. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

More poor disabled and chronically ill people who do not have the means to travel to Canada or Mexico will die if this happens.

A new Urban report assesses disparities on health, #housing stability, and economic well-being, finding that adults with #disabilities were more likely than nondisabled adults to experience worse physical & #mentalhealth after severe storms & extreme heat waves. Learn more. urbn.is/ClimateDisab...

We are in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. Eliminating CDBG and HOME and cutting voucher and assistance programs will have disastrous impacts on affordable supply and stability for households and families. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

See our latest on how the #budgetcuts will affect people with #disabilities www.urban.org/urban-wire/7...

A new analysis from Urban Institute researchers shows that a #Medicaid work requirement program implemented in Arkansas in 2018-2019 reduced the number of adults with #health insurance coverage and had no effect on #employment. Learn more in an Urban Wire post.

Proposed #SocialSecurity office closures may be detrimental to Americans with limited #technology access, especially in rural and tribal communities. Research shows that ensuring access to this successful program can help keep millions of Americans out of #poverty.

Thanks to Elon Musk and his nighttime crew of computer hackers and misanthropes at DOGE, the door is closing on chances for countless young adults with disabilities to live with dignity and self-sufficiency. We must stop this fanatical destruction of opportunity for young people with disabilities.

Another must read from @metrauxjulia.bsky.social

Today, senior #households make up 42 percent of all households in HUD-assisted #housing. A new Urban Wire piece highlights the potential impacts of HUD staffing and #funding cuts on older adults and outlines how local agencies are working to better support the housing needs of older residents.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) was among the divisions most impacted by recent cuts at HHS. In a new Urban Wire post, learn more about how dismantling the ACL & its programs could make it more difficult & costly for #communities across the US to serve #disabled people & older adults.

See our new blog on the consequences of the cuts to the Administration for Community Living #disability #OlderAmericans #HHScuts www.urban.org/urban-wire/s...

More moving fast & breaking things? SSI is a program of last resort for elderly & disabled people with little to know income or savings. An “oopsie” by a DOGE bro could easily put an SSI recipient on the street. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/possi...

New @motherjones.com: HHS workers react to the agency's newly-announced plan to cut 10K workers (in addition to the 10K laid off thru 'fork in the road' email + buyouts) Several say they got no advance notice or further info on this, instead learning from media: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Seems like a good day to repost this piece: www.urban.org/urban-wire/h... #disability #education

AP publishes state-by-state list of social security offices trump is closing despite a new requirement he's imposing "that will require millions of social security recipients and applicants to visit field offices rather than interact with agency employees by phone..." apnews.com/article/soci...

House Republicans are reportedly considering changes to which schools are eligible to provide free meals to all students through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). Urban's Emily Gutierrez runs the numbers on how many students and schools would lose CEP: www.urban.org/research/pub...

Very distressing news about the Census Bureau today

Medicaid covers 4 in 10 children and 1 in 6 adults. #medicaid

March Medicaid Facts: Medicaid is the largest single source of health care coverage in the United States #Medicaid (one a day, my gift to you!)

According to an Urban #analysis, immigrants made up more than 23% of the construction workforce in 2023. Learn more about the role of #immigrant workers in housing markets and how deportation-induced labor shortages in construction could worsen the #housing shortage in a new Urban Wire post.

What would reducing federal support for Medicaid really mean? See this important work from my @urbaninstitute.bsky.social colleagues.

This Rachel Siegel @washingtonpost.com article highlights the depth of what HUD staff do. Dedicated public servants protect how tax dollars are spent. Cuts undermine our ability to do things like get to the day when everyone has access to #affordablehousing. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees. ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.

Some hope-spring is coming

I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

New from me & @alexis-weaver.bsky.social -the potential impacts of dismantling the Dept of Ed for disabled students

Dismantling the Dept of Ed could have major implications for students with disabilities @alexis-weaver.bsky.social www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

NIH funding released!

Home and Community-Based Services waivers help disabled people stay out of institutions. For @motherjones.com, I reported on how disabled people's independence is threatened by attacks on Medicaid that fund HCBS waivers (and others). www.motherjones.com/politics/202...