The Trump administration could enact significant changes to a government program that provides long-term housing support to formerly homeless people, a senior official tells Scripps News, as homelessness advocates and unhoused individuals brace for the impact of the impending cuts to housing assistance.

In an interview with Scripps News on Thursday, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner suggested there could be changes to HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) program -- which shares resources and funding with local organizations providing housing and other benefits to formerly homeless people — as a means of ensuring “accountability” in the program.

“As we watch the film of how the Continuum of Care Program has been initiated and how its been distributed, you know, prior to

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