Congresswoman Torres Warns FY27 Transportation and Housing Funding Bill Falls Short for Inland Empire’s Working Families
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Norma Torres criticized proposed Republican cuts in the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations funding bill during a House Appropriations Subcommittee markup, where she is the most senior Californian. Torres warned the legislation would worsen the housing crisis and raise costs for working families across the Inland Empire.
“The Inland Empire is powered by hardworking warehouse workers, truck drivers, and families who keep our economy moving every day,” said Torres. “These families are already struggling with skyrocketing rent, groceries, and gas prices due to Trump’s illegal Iran War and tariffs. Proposed Republican cuts to affordable housing, rental assistance, and homelessness programs are completely backwards and will make things worse.We should be helping families stay housed and lowering costs, not making life harder for people already struggling to get by.”
The Republican bill includes:
- A $355 million cut to rental assistance and housing vouchers, which provide affordable housing for thousands of Inland Empire families
- A $250 million cut to Homeless Assistance Grants
- A $500 million cut to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the largest federal program aimed at building affordable housing.
- The bill also eliminates the PRO Housing Program, which helps state and local communities cut red tape and quickly build more affordable housing
- Cuts of $8 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Congresswoman Torres pushed to sign into law, taking away tens of thousands of good-paying construction jobs and infrastructure projects that would help revitalize our local economies.
Torres emphasized that working families do not want handouts, they want relief from rising costs and investments that help them afford housing, transportation, and everyday essentials. The Congresswoman reminded her Republican colleagues that just 9 days of Trump’s Iran War, which are costing taxpayers over a billion dollars a day, would pay for the $8.8 billion in total proposed cuts in this bill.
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