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States Sue HUD Over Housing Policy | Providence News
Rhode Island and 22 other states are suing the federal government over HUD’s new housing policy, which critics say undermines the proven “Housing First” model and threatens to displace 97,000 vulnerable Americans. The policy, championed by HUD Secretary Scott Turner as a return to “solutions and performance,” demands treatment and recovery services before funding permanent housing — a shift that attorneys general argue is a covert funding cut and violates the Administrative Procedure Act. With court intervention urgently needed, the coalition vows to protect those most at risk from losing…
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