Rhode Island joins new lawsuit over Trump administration’s homeless grant changes

By: Christopher Shea, Nolan Page

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 909

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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The latest federal lawsuit in the battle over homelessness service funding involves nearly the same coalition of Democratic-led states, the same Rhode Island federal judge, and advocates’ hopes of the same outcome: stopping the Trump administration from changing its grant rules.

Rhode Island and 21 other states and the District of Columbia filed the complaint Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The case comes more than a week after …

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