US EditionFederal Funding Cut Threatens King County's Permanent Housing Programs for Homeless
The plan would cut permanent housing funds from 90% to 30% of federal grants, risking homelessness for up to 170,000 people, officials and critics warn.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development unveiled a 100-page notice that could cut permanent housing aid by two-thirds next year, risking support ending as soon as January and leaving nearly 200,000 people at risk of homelessness.
- Reversing two decades of policy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development shifts away from Housing First toward means-tested programs emphasizing self-sufficiency after President Donald Trump's July executive order.
- The grant-making notice cuts protected renewals to roughly 8,000 from about 8,000, creates a national competitive pool, and alters power between HUD and roughly 400 Continuums of Care.
- Critics warn the changes could imperil tens of thousands of residents as funding notice timing delays create months-long gaps for local programs and providers, risking 170,000 people losing housing.
- States like Utah are already acting on the federal directive, building a sixteen-acre campus for about 1,300 people and roughly 300 beds for civil commitment, while HUD favors jurisdictions enforcing camping bans.
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Chris, a Connecticut resident, struggled with homelessness for years as he battled major depression and HIV. He stayed at the Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation and was eventually able to get a job and an apartment, which the organization subsidized. The shelter’s help is the “only reason” he is housed, safe, healthy and “living with dignity” today, he said, speaking at a press conference Friday. But the Trump administration said late Thursd…
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