Trump officials temporarily withdraw policy cutting long-term housing support
Source: Scripps News
Posted 5:42 PM, Dec 08, 2025 and last updated 6:06 PM, Dec 08, 2025
The Trump administration on Monday abruptly withdrew a controversial policy aimed at reshaping a multi-billion-dollar anti-homelessness grant program run by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as the proposed changes drew lawsuits from over a dozen states and localities as well as homeless-serving organizations.
In a court filing Monday afternoon, officials wrote they withdrew guidance documents pertaining to the new policy “in order to assess the issues raised by Plaintiffs in their suits and to fashion a revised [plan].” A new notice on the program’s website says the agency “still intends to exercise this discretion and make changes” to the program, and that officials expect to share the updated policy “well in advance of the deadline for obligation of available Fiscal Year 2025 funds.”
As Scripps News reported in November, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner is pushing a significant overhaul of the Continuum of Care program, which provides government grants to localities and aid organizations that combat homelessness via housing support, mental health and job training services.
Among the proposed changes to the nearly $4 billion program was a significantly lowered cap on how much funding could go towards long-term housing support; whereas previous funding years limited spending on long-term housing programs to 90% of grant receipts, Turner’s changes limited it to just 30%.
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/trump-officials-temporarily-withdraw-policy-cutting-long-term-housing-support
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