housing assistance through their children.
conveniently it's not something that is tracked of course.
this is an old report but the facts haven't changed other than to get worse of course. avg housing assistance is $385/month.
http://www.gao.gov/products/HEHS-98-30
(6) although illegal aliens also received Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Department of Housing and Urban Development housing assistance for their citizen children, data to develop estimates for these two programs were not available; (7)
For housing assistance, HUD provides funds to a public housing authority or owner of a housing unit to subsidize the rent for an eligible household. Under HUDrental programs, a household composed of an illegal alien and a citizen
would be eligible for assistance if the citizen met eligibility criteria and
assistance was available.7
Edited by blake1771 at 17:08:06 on 02/12/17