Impact to programs: it is not clear how these cuts will be applied. Some jurisdictions may see cuts greater than 15%. Regardless, no homeless assistance grant-funded program will be guaranteed, as funding will be based on the entitlement allocation and will be distributed by the jurisdiction.

Impact to clients: a reduction in emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, and permanent housing will create an even greater strain on clients seeking to access emergency services and housing resources.

Impact to programs: this would effectively eliminate funding for Permanent Supportive Housing. It is unclear if these projects would be eliminated or be eligible for a change in their structure.

Impact to clients: clients would no longer have the length of time needed in permanent housing to stabilize, access services, and gain independence prior to timing out of programs. There is no clear understanding of what will happen to people currently in permanent supportive housing.

Impact to the CoC body: this would effectively eliminate the requirement that homeless service providers (you, our communities’ experts at addressing homelessness) be part of decision-making on how to distribute and prioritize federal homeless assistance dollars. Entitlement jurisdictions (states and some local municipalities) would determine how to distribute funding and how much providers would be involved in decision-making.

Impact to programs: all ESG, CoC, and HOPWA programs would now compete for the same pot of (reduced) funding through the jurisdiction’s application process. This puts emergency shelters, homelessness prevention, rapid rehousing, etc. in competition with one another. No currently funded CoC-program would be a given as all would need to reapply through this new structure.

Impact to clients: this will depend on how jurisdictions decide to prioritize funding (i.e. shelter vs. prevention vs. permanent housing).