(PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – June 15th, 2026) Today, the National Homelessness Law Center and our partners took legal action to stop the Trump-Vance administration's attack on proven solutions to homelessness. This extreme rewriting of funding priorities would force at least 97,000 people back into homelessness while doing nothing to address the dire lack of affordable housing, which remains the primary cause of homelessness.  

The Trump administration's move is yet another step in their attacks on people experiencing homelessness. Courts have already blocked similar attempts, yet instead of making rent and healthcare cheaper, the Trump administration is again attempting to force cities to comply with ideological tenets over proven solutions to homelessness, like housing and support.   

In a supplemental filing today in National Alliance to End Homelessness et al v. Turner et al, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), Crossroads Rhode Island, Youth Pride, Inc., as well as the County of Santa Clara, Calif., King County, Wash., Boston, Mass., Cambridge, Mass., Nashville, Tenn., and Tucson, Ariz. are asking a court to stop the illegal and unlawful implementation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) primary way of solving homelessness. Conditioning over $4 billion in housing and support on discrimination and failed policies will make homelessness worse, communities less safe, and hospitals even more crowded.  Moreover, these actions are done against congressional direction and will result in the shuttering of vital programs that solve homelessness. Make no mistake, these changes mean more people will enter homelessness.  

"Trump's proposed changes to federal funding will force at least 97,000 people- mostly seniors and people with disabilities- back into homelessness. It will do nothing to address the fact that a growing number of Americans struggle to pay rent and make ends meet," says Antonia Fasanelli, Executive Director of the National Homelessness Law Center. "The Trump administration should focus on ensuring that everybody has the housing and support they need and want. We are honored to represent our partners, the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the National Low Income Housing Coalition, to preserve housing for tens of thousands of vulnerable people in this case."  

These funding metrics echo misinformed and unsubstantiated beliefs about homelessness that have sadly become commonplace in the Trump administration. Unsurprisingly, these myths reflect themes pushed by a billionaire-backed think tank that praised this step backward. 

 The Law Center is proud to work alongside Democracy Forward, Public Rights Project, the ACLU Foundation of Rhode Island, and the Lawyers' Committee for Rhode Island as co-counsel in this important case.  

Click here to read a press release that includes quotes from the many organizations involved in this case. 

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About the National Homelessness Law Center   

The National Homelessness Law Center is committed to protecting the rights of unhoused people across the United States and to advocating for policies that prevent and end homelessness, ensuring that all people have access to safe and adequate housing.