""shifts billions to short-term programs that impose work rules, help the police dismantle encampments, and require the homeless to accept treatment for mental illness or addiction." "By cutting aid for permanent housing by two-thirds next year, the plan risks a sudden end of support for most of the people the Continuum places in such housing nationwide, beginning as soon as January," the Times added. "All are disabled - a condition of the aid - and many are 50 or older. The document does not explain how they would find housing.""
""must immediately reconsider these harmful and potentially illegal changes that could result in nearly 200,000 older adults, chronically homeless Americans with disabilities, veterans, and families being forced back onto the streets." "HUD's current path risks causing a dangerous spike in street homelessness," the lawmakers wrote. "We implore you to make the better choice and expeditiously renew current CoC grants for fiscal year 2025 as authorized by Congress to protect communities and avoid displacing thousands of our nation's most vulnerable individuals.""
The administration proposed reallocating Continuum of Care (CoC) funding from permanent housing to short-term programs that impose work requirements, enable police to dismantle encampments, and require acceptance of mental health or addiction treatment. The proposal would cut aid for permanent housing by roughly two-thirds next year, potentially ending support for many disabled people, many aged 50 or older, who currently occupy CoC-placed housing. Over 40 Senate Democrats warned the changes could force nearly 200,000 older adults, people with disabilities, veterans, and families back onto the streets and urged renewal of CoC grants for fiscal year 2025.
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