With homelessness rising, new federal rules could benefit states that take tougher approaches

By: Robbie Sequeira

Outlets: Stateline

Published: December 5, 2025

Words: 1,554

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness for the first time, the Trump administration wants to focus federal housing aid on mental health treatment and enforcement against street homelessness, rather than on finding people permanent homes as quickly as possible.

The administration’s new plan to tie federal housing aid to work requirements and drug treatment could be a boon to states such as Alabama, Florida and Wyoming that already are pursuing that strategy. …

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