Given these limitations. it seems necessary that the Congress act to insure that the subsidized housing program be "fine tuned" to benefit the intended lowincome citizens of this Nation. The officials of HUD lack the necessary authority to inquire as to the citizenship status of persons applying for Federal housing subsidies. This lack of authority poses a difficulty in obtaining hard facts as to the extent to which illegal aliens are taking advantage of public housing assistance. The long waiting lists for existing public housing demonstrates that many eligible citizens are not currently receiving needed assistance. The bill I have introduced would amend section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980. and would require that. to be eligible for Federal housing assistance. an alien must be a resident of the United States. lawfully present in this country.
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