Potential new HUD rules capping spending on certain initiatives for people escaping homelessness could have big local impacts, service providers say.

Much of the federal funding local organizations use to help people experiencing homelessness comes from HUD's Continuum of Care program.

Most of that money in Hamilton County goes to permanent housing initiatives — subsidies that help people who were on the streets pay rent and access services.

Strategies to End Homelessness administers that funding in the county. President and CEO Kevin Finn wrote a memo to county officials this week expressing concerns about rule changes HUD is considering. Those would cap the amount of Continuum of Care funding service providers could spend on permanent housing at 30%.

Right now, Strategies to End Home

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