Attor\u00adney Gen\u00ader\u00adal Tong Sues Over HUD Pol\u00adi\u00adcy That Would Put More Peo\u00adple Into Home\u00adless\u00adness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Depart\u00adment of Hous\u00ading and Urban Devel\u00adop\u00adment (HUD) is a cab\u00adi\u00adnet lev\u00adel agency with\u00adin the exec\u00adu\u00adtive branch of the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment whose pri\u00adma\u00adry pur\u00adpose is to admin\u00adis\u00adter fed\u00ader\u00adal hous\u00ading and urban devel\u00adop\u00adment laws. The agency also pro\u00advides grant mon\u00adey to states to help with hous\u00ading and face the prob\u00adlem of home\u00adless\u00adness. One of the pro\u00adgrams pro\u00advid\u00ading this fund\u00ading is the Con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum of Care Pro\u00adgram. Accord\u00ading to the press release, \u201cFor decades, HUD has helped local and region\u00adal coali\u00adtions plan and coor\u00addi\u00adnate hous\u00ading and ser\u00advices for peo\u00adple expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading home\u00adless\u00adness through Con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum of Care grants, which were cre\u00adat\u00aded by Con\u00adgress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Nov. 13, 2025, HUD post\u00aded a Notice Of Fund\u00ading Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty<\/a> for fis\u00adcal year 2025, despite a pre\u00advi\u00adous notice for fis\u00adcal year 2025 hav\u00ading already been issued on July 31, 2024 that was intend\u00aded to cov\u00ader both 2024 and 2025. The new notice put forth pol\u00adi\u00adcy changes as well as con\u00addi\u00adtions for award\u00ading con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum grants. HUD Sec\u00adre\u00adtary Scott Turn\u00ader also put out an offi\u00adcial announce\u00adment<\/a> on the HUD web\u00adsite that stat\u00aded that this notice \u201crep\u00adre\u00adsents the most sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant pol\u00adi\u00adcy reforms and changes in the pro\u00adgram\u2019s his\u00adto\u00adry.\u201d The announce\u00adment states that this move is in accor\u00addance with Pres\u00adi\u00addent Don\u00adald Trump\u2019s Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Order 14321<\/a>, titled \u201cEnd\u00ading Crime and Dis\u00ador\u00adder on Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s Streets.\u201d The law\u00adsuit refers to this EO as \u201cthe Anti-Home\u00adless Order.\u201d Accord\u00ading to the announce\u00adment, \u201cthis NOFO restores account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty to home\u00adless\u00adness pro\u00adgrams and pro\u00admotes self-suf\u00adfi\u00adcien\u00adcy among vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble Amer\u00adi\u00adcans. It redi\u00adrects the major\u00adi\u00adty of fund\u00ading to tran\u00adsi\u00adtion\u00adal hous\u00ading and sup\u00adport\u00adive ser\u00advices, end\u00ading the sta\u00adtus quo that per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded home\u00adless\u00adness through a self-sus\u00adtain\u00ading slush fund.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among oth\u00ader changes, the notice cut guar\u00adan\u00adteed fund\u00ading for con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum grants from 90% to 30%, put gen\u00adder ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy con\u00addi\u00adtions in place, and announced an end to the Hous\u00ading First pol\u00adi\u00adcy that \u201chas guid\u00aded fed\u00ader\u00adal grant mak\u00ading since at least 2009,\u201d accord\u00ading to the law\u00adsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accord\u00ading to the press release, on Nov. 11, 2025, Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut Attor\u00adney Gen\u00ader\u00adal William Tong announced he was join\u00ading a coali\u00adtion of states in suing HUD \u201cto stop the Trump Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion from ille\u00adgal\u00adly upend\u00ading sup\u00adports for tens of thou\u00adsands of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading home\u00adless\u00adness or hous\u00ading inse\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The release stat\u00aded that the changes to the con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum pro\u00adgram are unlaw\u00adful and stat\u00aded that not only is fund\u00ading cut as a result of the notice, but \u201cnew unlaw\u00adful con\u00addi\u00adtions\u201d have been placed on access to the fund\u00ading. From the press release, \u201cThese require\u00adments include that providers only rec\u00adog\u00adnize two gen\u00adders, man\u00addate res\u00adi\u00addents accept ser\u00advices as a pre\u00adcon\u00addi\u00adtion to obtain hous\u00ading, and pun\u00adish providers in local\u00adi\u00adties that do not enforce strict anti-home\u00adless laws, all bar\u00adri\u00aders that are in con\u00adtrast to HUD\u2019s pre\u00advi\u00adous guid\u00adance and Con\u00adgress\u2019 approval,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe com\u00adplaint alleges HUD vio\u00adlat\u00aded its own reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions by not engag\u00ading in rule\u00admak\u00ading before issu\u00ading the changes and vio\u00adlat\u00aded the law by not receiv\u00ading con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal autho\u00adriza\u00adtion for these new con\u00addi\u00adtions, many of which are direct\u00adly con\u00adtrary to con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly passed statutes and HUD\u2019s own reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions. The plain\u00adtiffs also argue that HUD\u2019s actions are arbi\u00adtrary and capri\u00adcious sev\u00ader\u00adal times over, as HUD has made no effort what\u00adso\u00adev\u00ader to explain the aban\u00addon\u00adment of their own long\u00adstand\u00ading poli\u00adcies or con\u00adsid\u00ader the obvi\u00adous con\u00adse\u00adquences of tens of thou\u00adsands of vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble peo\u00adple being sud\u00adden\u00adly evict\u00aded. The agency explic\u00adit\u00adly encour\u00adaged grantees to imple\u00adment Hous\u00ading First poli\u00adcies and to focus on the par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar needs of LGBTQ+ indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals as recent\u00adly as last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accord\u00ading to the law\u00adsuit and Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut Depart\u00adment of Men\u00adtal Health and Addic\u00adtion Ser\u00advices Com\u00admis\u00adsion\u00ader Nan\u00adcy Navaret\u00adta, the changes in HUD fund\u00ading would \u201cendan\u00adger the hous\u00ading and ser\u00advices of the 2,300 indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals we serve at DMHAS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nov. 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\nPreceding Event:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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