Trump’s FY27 budget would eliminate the Continuum of Care program, one of the most important federal programs keeping people in permanent housing after they have experienced homelessness.

At least 217,782 people live in permanent housing funded by the Continuum of Care program. If Trump’s budget is enacted, those people could lose their homes and return to homelessness.

This would be a disaster for people with disabilities, seniors, families with children, veterans, young people, survivors of domestic violence, and people with complex behavioral health needs. Communities across the country rely on Continuum of Care funding to provide permanent housing, supportive services, data collection, and local coordination.

Homelessness response systems are already under-resourced. Roughly 17,500 people enter homelessness for the first time each week, and in 2024, homelessness response systems had enough housing for only 16% of households in shelters, without counting people living outside.

Congress must provide $5.1 billion for HUD’s Homeless Assistance Grants in FY27, including $4.6 billion for the Continuum of Care program and $500 million for Emergency Solutions Grants. Congress must also include protections to prevent HUD from destabilizing local homelessness programs through sudden policy changes, funding delays, or restrictions that make it harder for communities to meet local needs.

At a time when many are struggling with the costs of basic needs including housing, this is just one of several attacks from this administration on housing and homelessness programs. 3.7 million people are at risk of losing housing assistance through a new “time limits” proposal, hundreds of thousands of households would face eviction because of inadequate funding in the President’s budget proposal, and HUD is also moving to weaken the Equal Access Rule, which protects gender-expansive people facing homelessness. Affordable housing is increasingly out of reach, and the federal government should be removing barriers to shelter and housing, not creating new ones.

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