SPOKANE, Wash. — City leaders warned that a proposed federal funding cut could affect local homeless housing programs and the services tied to them.
The city said HUD funding for the Continuum of Care was being reduced by $3 million. Local officials said that would amount to a 50-percent cut to permanent housing programs in Spokane.
Nothing will change immediately. Still, organizations such as Jewels Helping Hands said the reduction created new concerns as they planned for 2027…