OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, alleging the agency is illegally imposing abrupt changes to a homelessness-response program that will limit housing access for tens of thousands of people nationwide.

A coalition of states, co-led by Brown, filed the lawsuit Tuesday, arguing HUD is unlawfully rewriting the rules for its Continuum of Care grant program by sharply limiting the share of funding that can go toward permanent housing and project renewals.

The complaint says HUD also added new conditions, including requiring providers to recognize only two genders, forcing residents to accept services before receiving housing, and penalizing agencies in communities that do not enforce strict anti-homelessness l

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