House Rural Spending Bill Would Strand Extremely Low Income Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 17, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — A rural appropriations bill passed in the House of Representatives today by a vote of 217 to 203 would result in severe hardship for low income people in rural America. This bill, H.R. 2112, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriation Act of 2012, would cut funding to three crucial housing assistance programs.