Trump administration’s cuts to fair housing grants temporarily reinstated
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Legislators Push Back Against HUD Office Closures
The Trump administration’s alleged efforts to eliminate the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offices in Portland and Seattle are being contested by a coalition of congressmen from the Pacific Northwest, according to a new report from KGW8, the local news outlet for Portland, Oregon, and the surrounding areas. READ MORE
More federal homelessness cuts: Trump targets council in executive order
The Trump Administration announced this week it will continue to “reduce the scope of federal bureaucracy” via executive order, again going after an agency fighting to end homelessness. READ MORE
A victim of potential housing department cuts: domestic violence survivors who need homes
A provider of permanent housing is concerned that a crucial funding program for domestic violence survivors might be next on the federal cost-cutting hit list. READ MORE
Boise religious leaders oppose new Idaho legislation: “Both immoral and unwise”
Two pieces of Idaho legislation are coming under fire from several religious leaders around Boise. READ MORE
Idaho nonprofit fights HUD grant cancellation in legal battle
The Intermountain Fair Housing Council and several other organizations recently sued HUD and DOGE over sudden grant cancellations. Watch Idaho’s KTVB7 news video
Idaho Senate bill sparks debate over homelessness and public safety
As Senate Bill 1141 moves through the Idaho Legislature, critics say it unfairly targets the state’s most vulnerable. READ MORE
HUD choked funding to enforce fair-housing laws. Legal aid groups may not survive
A lawsuit alleges the Trump cuts are unlawful, and that DOGE exceeded its authority READ MORE
Trump’s team has now shelved a $1 billion program designed to keep housing affordable
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have shelved a $1 billion program that keeps housing affordable, according to a document obtained by the Associated Press. READ MORE
Bills would ban sleeping outside in Idaho’s largest cities, block Interfaith Sanctuary move
Idaho legislators moved ahead with two bills this week that would regulate how Idaho’s urban areas address homelessness. READ MORE