Wisconsin joins lawsuit
Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday Wisconsin has joined the lawsuit. “Homelessness is a pervasive issue all across our state and nation, and it is unconscionable to even consider kicking thousands of kids, families, seniors, veterans, and more, out of their housing during the coldest months of the year,” Evers said in a statement.
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. Department of Housing and Urban Development of violating “congressional intent” in its plan to dramatically reduce the amount of grant funds that can be spent on permanent housing, along with other conditions placed in its latest Notice of Funding Opportunity for Continuum of Care grants…