By Charlene Crowell, Senior Fellow with the Center for Responsible Lending

An effort to limit federal homeless funding to locales embracing Trump Administration policies on sanctuary cities has triggered a lawsuit from homeless advocates.

Although a September 12 court order gave a temporary reprieve to homeless providers seeking to preserve vital services, the approaching end of the current fiscal year, September 30, leaves only a few days to resolve whether $75 million in homeless funding will be shared.

Co-plaintiffs, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, based in Washington, DC and the Women’s Development Corporation in Rhode Island sued HUD, charging that the new criteria would make projects in 36 states, and the District of Columbia ineligible for $75 million for Continuum of

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