The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is moving away from funding long-term housing, threatening the stability of hundreds of formerly homeless people in Louisville and Kentucky.

The shift in priorities under President Donald Trump was laid out in the Notice of Funding Opportunity issued by HUD earlier this month. It lays out how the administration plans to award nearly $4 billion in Continuum of Care grants.

For decades, the federal government has given preference to long-term housing programs, so organizations have adapted to offer that. Now, the Trump administration is telling local agencies that funding for those programs can only make up 30% of their overall ask.

Catherine McGeeney, communications director for the Coalition for the Homeless in Louisville, said this i

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