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Housing advocates warn HUD policy changes could cut millions from Montgomery County homelessness funding
Summary
At the Dec. 4 budget hearing, Montco 30% director Mike Hayes and other advocates warned that recent HUD policy changes could reduce local Continuum of Care funding by roughly $3.7 million and affect about 172 households, and urged the county to consider legal challenges and contingency planning.
Mike Hayes, director of the Montco 30% project and a Pottstown resident, told commissioners that recent federal changes at HUD pose an immediate risk to local homelessness programs funded through Continuum of Care grants.
"Last month, HUD enacted these changes with no public notice, no explanation, and no acknowledgment that they contradict the agency's own long standing Housing First policies," Hayes said, and he…
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