Judge Voids HUD's $1.3 Billion Homeless Funding Shift as 22 States Challenge Trump Policy
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Updated · The Seattle Times · Aug 7
Judge Voids HUD's $1.3 Billion Homeless Funding Shift as 22 States Challenge Trump Policy
3 articles · Updated · The Seattle Times · Aug 7
Summary
A federal judge in Rhode Island invalidated HUD’s new homelessness grant rules, blocking the Trump administration from redirecting about one-third of $4.04 billion toward temporary housing.
The court sided with Washington and 21 other states, finding HUD should have opened the changes to public notice and comment under the Administrative Procedure Act.
King County says the ruling protects roughly $65 million it uses to house 4,500 formerly homeless people, but its regional homelessness authority is still drafting grant applications under now-struck guidelines.
HUD has not said how it will run the application process next, extending uncertainty in a 10-month fight over whether federal policy should keep prioritizing permanent housing over temporary shelter.