The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters. (Photo by HUD Office of Public Affairs)
A federal housing program for people exiting homelessness awarded $5.2 million to a nonprofit Twin Cities housing developer for two projects, but the money never came through.
Instead, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rewrote the program guidelines, re-issued the funding application, and gave applicants just one week to re-apply. Advocates sued, arguing that the new guidelines disqualify all projects in jurisdictions with policies — on immigration, homelessness, harm reduction and transgender acceptance — that do not align with Trump administration policy…