The Brief

President Donald Trump’s budget plan eliminates the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, a grant that funds affordable housing.

The program has supported more than 1.3 million homes nationwide since the 1990s, including hundreds of thousands in rural areas.

Senate Republicans are seeking to preserve funding, setting up a potential budget clash this fall.

A long-running federal program that has helped finance affordable housing across the country could be eliminated under President Donald Trump’s latest budget proposal.

The HOME Investment Partnerships Program, started in the 1990s, has provided more than $38 billion in grants over three decades to help build, repair and preserve affordable housing. An Associated Press analysis found the program has supported more than 1.3 m

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