Overview
- Cambridge joined Boston in the filing alongside San Francisco, Nashville, Tucson, Santa Clara County, King County, and national groups including the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Crossroads Rhode Island, and Youth Pride, Inc.
- Boston estimates the HUD changes would strip $29 million from its permanent supportive housing portfolio, a cut the city says could displace roughly 1,100 people this winter.
- The city reports receiving about $48 million in Continuum of Care funds this year that supported 19 nonprofits and helped stabilize more than 2,000 formerly homeless households.
- HUD characterizes its Nov. 13 notice as “monumental reforms,” targeting a “Biden-era slush fund,” requiring 70% project completion to assess performance, and steering funding toward transitional models over Housing First.
- In a related case, a federal judge in the Western District of Washington issued a preliminary injunction blocking certain grant conditions, and the administration is appealing that ruling.