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Washtenaw officials warned HUD funding shift could jeopardize thousands of housing supports
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County staff told commissioners that a sudden federal shift and a new HUD competition could put Washtenaw CountyCoC grants (about $7.3 million annually) at risk, and urged emergency local planning and advocacy to protect permanent supportive housing.
Kristin Kunis, continuum-of-care supervisor for the office of community and economic development, told the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that a new U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) competition could end protections that had previously stabilized local housing grants.
"Loss or substantial shifts to this funding would severely disrupt our local operations and place hundreds of vulnerable residents at immediate risk of losing housing stability," Kunis said, describing roughly $7,300,000 in annual HUD funding that supports emergency shelters, rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing in the county.
Kunis said the Biden administration had previously shifted CoC awards toward two-year grant terms, a change intended to provide…
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