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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 17, 2025

U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty has reintroduced a bill that aims to prevent sanctuary cities from receiving federal funding for affordable housing, WZTV reports. The "No Community Development Block Grants for Sanctuary Cities Act" would amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, which authorized federal funding for various local government community development plans, to prohibit funding for Section 8 housing, rental assistance and other living assistance programs. "Cities that encourage illegal immigration shouldn’t be rewarded with federal housing subsidies," Hagerty said about the bill. Read more about the proposal in a press release from Tennessee's junior senator.