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Dear Law Center supporters,
Earlier today, a lawsuit was filed to stop the Trump administration’s ideologically driven changes to vital homelessness funding. These dangerous changes would kick 170,000 formerly homeless people out of their homes. A request for a preliminary injunction was filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
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The Law Center is honored to be part of the new and large collation behind this legal challenge. This coalition includes the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), Crossroads Rhode Island, Youth Pride, Inc., as well as the County of Santa Clara, Calif., San Francisco, Calif., King County, Wash., Boston, Mass., Cambridge, Mass., Nashville, Tenn., and Tucson, Ariz.
Democracy Forward represents the coalition of nonprofit organizations in the matter; the National Homelessness Law Center represents NAEH and NLIHC; Public Rights Project represents the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Nashville and Tucson; and Santa Clara County and San Francisco represent themselves. The Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island and the ACLU Foundation of RI represent all plaintiffs.
Click here to read the court filing.[[link removed]]
Below is what I told the press about today’s filing:
The Trump administration’s actions do nothing to address the leading cause of homelessness: the fact that more and more people can’t afford rent. Instead, the federal government’s ideological changes will force as many as 170,000 people who are now stably housed back into homelessness.
Most of the people in these homes are elderly or have disabilities. Some are youth with no family support, and families with young children. With this housing, people were able to get their lives back on track from the safety and stability of their own home. These drastic policy shifts direct funding to cities that impose anti-trans, anti-homeless, and anti-immigrant policies and will force hundreds of thousands of people back into homelessness. The National Homelessness Law Center is honored to represent the National Alliance to End
Homelessness and the National Low Income Housing Coalition in this case. We will continue to fight for housing justice and ensure that everybody has the housing they need to thrive.
Please know that the Law Center will use every tool at our disposal to stop these cuts and solve homelessness.
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Onward,
Antonia Fasanelli, Executive Director
National Homelessness Law Center
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