Boston is becoming a member of a multi-city lawsuit difficult the Trump administration’s try to withhold billions in previously-awarded funding for housing and homelessness providers from communities throughout the nation, Mayor Wu introduced Monday.
“The Trump Administration is threatening to hold up nearly $48 million for Boston to tackle homelessness unless our city complies with unconstitutional Executive Orders,” stated Mayor Michelle Wu. “We are joining other cities and counties across the country to protect critical funding to prevent homelessness and house families in need. Boston will not back down on making our city a home for everyone.”
The lawsuit is available in response to the Trump administration’s transfer to chop $3.6 billion in funding from the U.S. Division of Housing and City Improvement (HUD) to Boston and different communities except the municipalities adjust to govt orders and grant circumstances.
The orders and circumstances, which town known as “unrelated to housing and likely unconstitutional,” span from immigration enforcement, to DEI, to helps for transgender people.
The funding cuts will affect HUD’s Continuum of Care program, “the single largest source of federal funding Boston and other cities use to address homelessness,” town stated.
This system helps efforts to help homeless and previously homeless people with discovering housing, well being care, counseling, and different sources. With native non-profits, town helps packages serving to over 2,000 family with homelessness every year, metropolis officers stated.
The Continuum of Care funding goes to over 18 nonprofits, together with Pine Avenue Inn, Homestart, and Casa Myrna, the Metropolis stated, and packages like “permanent supportive housing for people with disabilities, rapid re-housing for those exiting homelessness, and transitional housing for survivors of domestic violence and others in crisis,” in addition to using over 125 individuals.
“Our nonprofit partners work every day to make sure our most vulnerable residents have the housing and the support services that they need to stabilize their lives,” stated Sheila Dillon, Boston’s Chief of Housing. “The Continuum of Care federal funding is too important to be compromised by the federal administration’s unrelated policy agenda.”
Seven different jurisdictions have signed onto the lawsuit within the federal Western District of Washington, together with King County, WA; the Metropolis of New York, NY; Metropolis of Columbus, OH; Metropolis and County of San Francisco, CA; and Pierce County and Snohomish County, WA.
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