A proposed change to billions of dollars in housing funds that left local shelters and agencies reeling has been paused by the Trump administration, but what’s next for shelters after the sudden backpedaling is not entirely clear.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced last month it would direct most of its $3.9 billion in grants in its Continuum of Care fund away from “housing first” programs and into transitional housing programs, prompting a multistate lawsuit led by New York.
On Monday, HUD announced it was withdrawing those plans “to make appropriate revisions.” In an amended complaint, the states suing said this “further chaos” does not nullify their claims, and called for the previous year’s plan to be restored…