HUD believes that the proposed social housing rule would expel thousands of legal children.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has concluded that the Trump government's new plan to deport undocumented immigrants from subsidized housing would ensure that more than 55,000 children who are legal residents or citizens are kicked out of their homes , according to the Washington Post.

The proposed regulation, released Friday in the Federal Register and promoted by White House advisor Stephen Miller, would supersede the current policy allowing undocumented immigrants with citizen children to benefit from social housing (grants are prorated to cover only eligible residents). Under the proposed rule, only families in which each member is a legal resident or a citizen would be eligible.

According to La Poste, the analysis of the rule proposed by the HUD concluded that about 25,000 households – for a total of 108,000 people – living in subsidized housing had at least one person who would not be eligible . In these households, about half of the members are children who, as citizens or legal residents, would normally be legally eligible for assistance.

If the rule is approved, it is likely that a number of families will suddenly find themselves homeless.

In addition, according to the Post, the policy change would actually cost the federal government millions of dollars, as families in newly-vacated homes would receive higher subsidies as each household member would be considered eligible. . As a result, the ministry should probably "reduce the quantity and quality of assisted housing," according to La Poste. The analysis recommended alternative modifications to the housing rules to alleviate the blow to children citizens. These recommendations include the maintenance of acquired rights in mixed-status families already benefiting from HUD grants.