National Alliance to End Homelessness v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (D.R.I.)

Case Overview

In November 2025, the Department of Housing and Urban Development abruptly rescinded a two-year Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Continuum of Care program, the main federal grant stream for homelessness assistance, and replaced it with a new notice that sharply cut renewal funding for permanent-housing projects and attached new eligibility conditions. A coalition of homelessness organizations and local governments, led by the National Alliance to End Homelessness and joined by cities and counties including Boston, Cambridge, Tucson, and Santa Clara, along with Rhode Island's Crossroads, sued HUD and Secretary Scott Turner in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island before Judge Mary McElroy. They argued the rescission and the new conditions were unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act and exceeded HUD's authority, threatening to disrupt housing for tens of thousands of people in the middle of the funding cycle.