Housing & Homelessness

Housing and Urban Development is reallocating $3.9 billion that had funded permanent supportive housing toward transitional programs with work requirements and mandatory addiction/mental‑health treatment and is directing money to law enforcement for homeless encampment clearances, while the agency says overall homelessness funding will rise from $3.6 billion to $3.9 billion. Advocates warn the shift ends automatic renewals, makes formerly voluntary services for chronically homeless people (including seniors and people with disabilities) mandatory, could put as many as 170,000 at risk of losing housing, and may steer funds to jurisdictions that enforce encampment bans.