Lawsuit Challenges Abrupt HUD Changes To Continuum Of Care Build Grants For Permanent Supportive Housing

On September 11, 2025, the National Alliance To End Homelessness (Alliance) and Women's Development Corporation sued the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for abruptly changing the terms of grant funding for Continuum of Care builds (CoC Builds) to create new units of permanent supportive housing. The CoC Builds grants provide funding for construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of new units of PSH specifically for individuals and families experiencing homelessness where one member of the household has a disability. The plaintiffs allege that HUD illegally changed eligibility criteria to limit awards to only organizations in jurisdictions aligned with . . .