Trump Holds Up Housing Bill, Stabs Homeless Veterans in the Back in Ill-fated Effort to Control Elections

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Trump refused to sign a bill into law that alleviates the housing crisis for millions of Americans. Yesterday, Congress overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which included Congressman Brad Sherman’s (CA-32) bill for disabled veterans, the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUDVA). 

The Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act will remove an unfair barrier for disabled homeless veterans looking to access housing nationwide and particularly at the West LA VA Campus. This legislation would amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) definition of annual income to exclude disability payments received by a veteran for eligibility for housing built under the HUD-VASH Program. This bill would remove an unfair barrier for disabled homeless veterans looking to access housing at the West LA VA Campus. 

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act was set to be signed in the Capitol this morning and would have enacted the largest set of bipartisan measures that would help expand access to affordable housing, reduce unnecessary barriers for vulnerable Americans, and make homeownership more accessible and affordable for families across the country.

“The stage was set both physically and metaphorically for the President to sign a historic housing bill for the American people and instead Trump wants to have veterans sleep in the streets just to control California’s elections,” said Congressman Sherman. “Trump must put his ego aside and put the American people first and sign this bill into law.”

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