WA Leads Lawsuit Against Trump’s ‘Housing First’ Homelessness Reversal

What HUD’s new housing cap means for homeless services in Cuyahoga County

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known as HUD, reported in 2024 that more than 11,000 Ohioans were experiencing homelessness a 3% jump from the year before. Local programs have been working to get people into permanent housing, but those efforts may soon be strained. HUD is rolling out a significant change to permanent housing funding.People are homeless because there are affordability issue and there's not enough housi…

WA leads lawsuit against Trump’s ‘Housing First’ homelessness reversal

Attorney General Nick Brown led a multistate lawsuit Tuesday challenging new homelessness funding restrictions by the Trump administration that could put 170,000 formerly homeless people nationally at risk of returning to the streets. Read more...

WA leads lawsuit against Trump’s ‘Housing First’ homelessness reversal

Washington has joined 19 other states in suing the Trump administration over efforts to impose strict new conditions on homelessness funds to states.

Trump housing cuts could push 170,000 into homelessness

This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s partnership with NOTUS, a nonpartisan news organization that covers government and politics with the fresh eyes of early career journalists and the expertise of veteran reporters. The Trump administration is poised to make cuts to some housing programs, and advocates — including a mix of Republican lawmakers — are warning that could cause a surge in homelessness. Programs aimed at transitionin…

Neronha co-leads suit over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness • Rhode Island Current

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters. (Photo by HUD Office of Public Affairs)Nineteen attorneys general and two governors filed suit in Rhode Island on Tuesday to stop the Trump administration from shifting nearly $4 billion in housing grants they say could place as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back out on the streets. The group co-led by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha is accusing the U.S. De…

Trump's Plan to Cut Homelessness Programs Is Getting Pushback From Republicans

Francis Chung/POLITICO/APThe Trump administration is poised to make cuts to some housing programs, and advocates — including a mix of Republican lawmakers — are warning that could cause a surge in homelessness.Programs aimed at transitioning people from homelessness into permanent housing are set to lose critical funding under new guidelines from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which the Trump administration plans to have in eff…