US housing department to spend $165,000 on own furniture as it faces $6.8bn budget cut

• Spending is in addition to $31,000 dining set for Ben Carson’s office
  
• Proposed budget cuts would affect poor and homeless Americans

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) has agreed to spend $165,000 on “lounge furniture” for its Washington headquarters, in addition to a $31,000 dining set purchased for housing secretary Ben Carson’s office.

The revelations on Tuesday of Carson’s expensive decor spending come as Donald Trump’s administration has proposed a cut of $6.8bn to Hud’s annual budget, or roughly 14% of its total spending, which would lead to reductions in programs aimed at poor and homeless Americans.

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