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Local housing advocates warn HUD FY2025 funding changes threaten hundreds of Ottawa County households
Summary
Christina Ford of the Lakeshore Housing Alliance told the housing commission that recent HUD FY2025 funding guidance could put "more than 400 households at risk," urged flexible transition funding, and asked the county to press for bridge support to avoid backsliding on homelessness gains.
Christina Ford, representing the Lakeshore Housing Alliance of Ottawa County, used the meeting’s public‑comment period to warn that new U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) FY2025 funding rules threaten local housing stability. "By cutting guaranteed renewals from 90% to just 30%, ... these changes put more than 400 households at risk, including 150 children," Ford said,…
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