Judge Blocks HUD Changes to Key Homelessness Grant Program

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from implementing sweeping changes to the Continuum of Care Program, the nation’s largest source of funding for homelessness services.

The proposed changes would have redirected funding away from permanent supportive housing, increased agency discretion over grants, and imposed requirements that providers say would have encouraged criminalization and discrimination. Legal challenges from states, cities, and national housing advocates argued the changes violated federal law and threatened tens of thousands of people with homelessness. The ruling reinstates the original funding rules for now, but uncertainty remains as litigation continues.