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Blacksburg staff reviewing potential effects of temporary federal assistance pause on housing and transit funding

2168301 · January 28, 2025
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Town officials in Blacksburg said staff are investigating how a short-lived federal pause on assistance could affect local housing and transit programs, and that a federal judge has temporarily blocked the freeze.

Town officials in Blacksburg said staff are investigating how a short-lived federal pause on assistance could affect local housing and transit programs, and that a federal judge has temporarily blocked the freeze.

The town manager told the council the initial White House memo prompted widespread confusion about whether all federal grants and loans would be paused. “The short answer is we don't know yet,” the town manager said, adding that the memo appeared to pause a broad range…

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