Mixed-status people in California may reduce housing help under a new law from President Donald Trump's administration.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD) seeks to prevent any family with undocumented immigrants from receiving federal housing assistance, even if those people have American children.

California California may be particularly affected, as the condition has 7, 190 mixed-status families from across the nation that receive HUD support. In terms of the number of people affected, this may impact more than 30, 000 people, considering that the California Budget and Policy Center indicates that mixed-status people average up to four people. Nationwide, the effect would reach nearly 20, 000 families, or at least 80, 000 people, including US citizens. The Budget and Policy Center review notes that the effects may include about 37, 000 US resident children. " HUD's measures directly target mixed-status families, who is now only receive prorated housing assistance for their qualified relatives", the report states. This will primarily affect Latino families, as that almost 90 % of the families receiving HUD support are Latino.

This will lead families to make critical decisions: risk homelessness or separate, since only US citizens can receive federal assistance.

Currently, US citizens by birth and naturalization, Green Card holders, asylum seekers, and those with select additional immigration statuses can access HUD rental assistance programs, such as the Housing Choice Voucher ( HCV ) program, public housing, and project-based rental assistance.

There are some immigrants or people with non-immigrant visas who are not part of the program, such as people with temporary student or work visas, people with Temporary Protected Status ( TPS) or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ), nor are undocumented immigrants.

Some of these people live in mixed-status families, meaning where at least one member is a US citizen.

" The majority of people in these households were Latino (86 % ), 56 % were women or girls, and 46 % were boys", the report states. " A previous HUD analysis of 2017 data showed that approximately half of mixed-status households receiving assistance were recipients of Housing Choice vouchers, and the remainder lived in public housing or properties supported by federal project-based rental assistance".

Most of those families have an average household income of$ 18, 000 per year.

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