Blocked HUD grant round threatens housed residents
Tulare County
Summary
HUD's 2025 funding notice was pulled after a lawsuit over caps on permanent supportive housing renewals; a federal judge has HUD operating under the 2024 NOFO for now. Roughly 100 people in Tulare County live in PSH funded by these renewals, and losing them could re-houselessness people who have been stably housed for years. A new, tougher NOFO is expected around summer.
At a glance
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Last discussed Aug 19, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $3.5 million in bi-county continuum-of-care funding is at stake, with Family Services projects up for renewal as soon as April.
About 100 chronically homeless residents in permanent supportive housing across Tulare County.
If renewals are denied, formerly homeless residents could lose housing and return to the street.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Task Force On Homelessness - Aug 19, 2026
A HUD homeless housing grant round was stopped by a federal judge, and several local transitional housing programs could end in March or April — potentially leaving about 22 long-term housed people without housing. Members want to keep advocacy on the agenda.
February Task Force on Homelessness - Feb 18, 2026
Emergency housing vouchers are expiring, HUD is cutting roughly 30%, and a pulled-back HUD funding notice briefly would have forced a 60% reduction in local permanent supportive housing dollars. The task force met with Congressman Costa and is drafting a letter seeking flexibility and preserved funding.
Task For on Homelessness - Jan 21, 2026
HUD's 2025 funding notice was pulled after a lawsuit over caps on permanent supportive housing renewals; a federal judge has HUD operating under the 2024 NOFO for now. Roughly 100 people in Tulare County live in PSH funded by these renewals, and losing them could re-houselessness people who have been stably housed for years. A new, tougher NOFO is expected around summer.
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