This may come as a shock, but I recently discovered that the Trump administration is using false data to justify a policy position based on a preconceived notion unsupported by science.

(“I am shocked,” I say, “shocked!”)

Only it is not about the climate change “hoax,” the “stolen” 2020 election or vaccines that supposedly cause autism. This time, the federal government’s policy shift will have a direct impact on some of our most vulnerable community members, those whose housing depends on federal subsidies.

On Nov.13, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its 2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) notice of funding opportunity. Last year, Lane County received over $7.5 million from this annual grant. Nearly 75 percent of those funds went to a variety of permanent housing projects, pr

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