Aging Well: News & Insights for Seniors and Caregivers
- HUD proposed rule would let Public Housing Authorities and owners impose work requirements and time limits on HUD housing assistance.
- Senate adopted a budget resolution starting reconciliation to fund ICE and CBP, narrowly focused and lacking accountability.
- House Republicans may push additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, threatening home-based care for older adults; advocates urged to act now.
- The Senior Hunger Prevention Act, introduced by Kirsten Gillibrand, John Fetterman, Suzanne Bonamici, and Andrea Salinas, would expand and simplify SNAP for seniors.
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Here’s what we’re watching in Washington:
Last month, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule that would allow Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and HUD-assisted owners to impose work requirements and time limits for HUD housing assistance.
Comments on the proposed rule are due May 1, 2026. Organizations can also join these sign-on comments from the National Low Income Housing Coalition by April 30.
The Senate Adopts Budget Resolution Starting New Budget Reconciliation Process
This week, the Senate voted 50 to 48 to adopt a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2026 that starts the budget reconciliation process, allowing the Republican Majority in Congress to enact three years of funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs Border Patrol (CBP) without support from Democrats. The Senate resolution is narrowly focused on ICE and CBP funding, without any guardrails or accountability.
The FY 26 budget resolution now moves to the House where some Republican members are calling for more cuts to Medicaid, SNAP food assistance, and other programs either in this package or in an FY 2027 budget reconciliation bill.
The nearly $1 trillion Medicaid funding cuts and SNAP cost-shifts to states that Congress enacted in the 2025 budget reconciliation act (H.R. 1) are already pushing states to cut home-based care and other supports for older adults and people with disabilities.
It is important for advocates to weigh in with Congress now to stop these harmful budget reconciliation proposals from moving forward.
Use these letters to support your advocacy:
Senior Hunger Prevention Act Introduced in Congress
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and John Fetterman (D-PA), along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Andrea Salinas (D-OR), recently introduced the Senior Hunger Prevention Act in Congress. This bill would strengthen and expand access to SNAP food assistance for low-income older adults.
The bill aims to increase the minimum monthly SNAP benefit for all participants, reduce administrative barriers that prevent seniors from accessing SNAP, and more. The Senior Hunger Prevention Act is endorsed by Justice in Aging.
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