FRANKFORT – (TNS) Kentucky’s governor joined a nationwide lawsuit Tuesday attempting to prevent President Donald Trump’s administration from limiting how much federal money communities can use to permanently house homeless residents.

Critics of the new federal policy say it would leave vulnerable individuals homeless, including thousands in the Bluegrass State.

Gov. Andy Beshear joined the lawsuit alongside governors and attorneys general from 19 other states and the District of Columbia to block the federal government from capping the amount of continuum of care dollars communities and organizations can put toward permanent housing at 30%.

“The drastic policy changes would gut more than $15 million in federal funding to the commonwealth, putting 700 households at risk of returning to

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