U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island granted a temporary restraining order (TRO), blocking the Trump administration from altering criteria for $75 million in federal funds designated to build permanent supportive housing.
- According to the lawsuit filed by the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the Women’s Development Corporation, HUD “abruptly reversed course and is now seeking new applicants based on newly announced criteria” days before the funds are set to expire.
Go Deeper: HUD announced new criteria for the Continuum of Care (COC) Builds Funds on September 5 that align with President Trump’s policies on immigration enforcement and transgender access. The applications closed on September 12.
CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Ann Oliva, said
“Permanent Supportive Housing is an essential resource for re-housing those with the greatest needs. Withholding it from communities for political reasons is unconscionable, unconstitutional, and unaligned with the goal of serving vulnerable Americans. These actions will harm entire communities at a time when there is more pressure than ever to address chronic and unsheltered homelessness, and it signals the potential for further political interference in the work to get people off the streets. It cannot be allowed to continue.”
