LANSING, MI - Around 7,000 Michigan families could lose access to housing assistance programs if a federal policy change announced this month is made permanent, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

That includes approximately 2,000 families with children, Nessel’s office said in a press release sent out with the Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness (MCAH), made up of more than 92 homeless service providers.

Sarah Rennie, MCAH senior director of advocacy, said in the coalition’s 35 plus years of operation, it’s “never encountered a threat as devastating and extreme to persons in poverty.”

“Lives will be lost,” Rennie said.

The policy change is to a federal Continuum of Care (CoC) program, created by Congress to provide nonprofits and state and local governments with fu

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