US Edition20 states sue HUD over ‘chaos’ in program supporting homeless
The lawsuit argues that HUD’s policy changes unlawfully reduce permanent housing funding from 90% to 30%, risking homelessness for up to 170,000 people, states say.
- On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 20 mostly Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C. sued in Rhode Island federal court to block HUD from imposing new restrictions on more than $3 billion in Continuum of Care grants.
- On Nov. 13, HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $3.9 billion Continuum of Care program capping permanent housing at 30%, favoring treatment-first grants, and barring funds for diversity or 'gender ideology' efforts.
- National estimates show the states say changes could cause more than 170,000 people to lose housing, with 5,000 L.A. County households and Asheville-Buncombe Continuum of Care funding cut to $568,000.
- The plaintiffs ask the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to block HUD's NoFO, citing failure to provide proper notice and the risk of aid ending as soon as January.
- The long-standing Housing First model within the Continuum of Care program has decreased homelessness by 88, while changes would shift billions nationally and more than a million locally away from it.
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Attorney General Raoul Secures Court Order Blocking HUD Proposal That Would Have Left Thousands Without Housing
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to preliminarily halt changes to its Continuum of Care grant program after Raoul and a coalition of states argued in court that the changes were illegal and would leave tens of thousands of people around the country without a place to live. The Continuum of Care grant program is the largest resource for fe…
Federal policy changes could force hundreds into homelessness in Multnomah County
Roughly 800 households in Multnomah County are at imminent risk of homelessness if a change in federal funding advances as expected. “This is a horrible thing to have to face as a community,” said Chair Jessica Vega Pederson at a Tuesday county board hearing. “We absolutely have a federal administration that is really trying to put forward policies that we know are gonna harm people.”The county says it faces losing more than $25 million meant to…
Federal upheaval jeopardizes $3.9B in homelessness grants, leaving cities scrambling
Federal upheaval to the decades-old Continuum of Care grant program is jeopardizing $14.5 million in federal funding that provides permanent supportive housing to 844 formerly homeless Atlanta households. In mid-November, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) abruptly overhauled the requirements for $3.9 billion in Continuum of Care grants to prioritize the Trump administration’s favored treatment-first approach. The agency sa…
Lawsuit: 500 Delawareans could go homeless if federal changes stand
Why Should Delaware Care?New federal changes are threatening housing for hundreds of formerly homeless Delawareans. A new lawsuit claims that if that funding disappears, they will be forced from those units and strain statewide social services. A coalition of more than 20 Democratic states, including Delaware, has sued the Trump administration over efforts by the nation’s top housing authority to cut the amount of federal dollars used to fund p…
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Homeless policy lawsuits challenge Trump administration’s plans
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Santa Clara County and San Francisco are suing the Trump administration over a huge shift in homelessness policy. This content Lawsuits challenge Trump administration’s radical homeless policy changes appeared first on inewsource.
Boston, Cambridge sue federal government over changes to homelessness funding
The cities of Boston and Cambridge are suing the federal government over the potential loss of millions of dollars in funding for homelessness programs.The lawsuit, which also includes other jurisdictions and nonprofits around the country as plaintiffs, alleges that changes to the funding criteria for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care program are illegal and will result in thousands of people going back int…
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