Judge Blocks Trump Administration Homeless Aid Plan
“A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Trump administration homelessness plan that would have ended support for most long-term housing programs and required more people to seek treatment for addiction or mental illness.
The plan, released in November, sought the most significant changes in decades to policy affecting homeless people and would have governed $3.9 billion in awards to community organizations under a program called Continuum of Care.
Groups opposed to the move said that only Congress had the authority to shift the program away from its longstanding approach, called Housing First, and that the speed of the change could send as many as 170,000 people back to the streets.
Judge Mary S. McElroy of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the sudden rule change. “Ensuring lawful agency action, continuity of housing and stability for vulnerable populations is clearly in the public interest,” she said.”
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