Gov. Beshear joins lawsuit against Trump administration over cuts to housing funding

FRANKFORT, Ky. —

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is joining more than a dozen leaders from other states in a new lawsuit against the Trump administration over it's potential effect on homelessness.

“First, the challenged NOFO abruptly reverses HUD’s decades-long Housing First policy by placing an unauthorized and arbitrary cap on the funding of permanent housing projects,” Beshear said.

Twenty states are suing to block proposed restrictions on housing funding.

The governor’s office says the Trump administration wants to put a 30 percent cap on money the state gets from the Continuum of Care program for permanent supportive housing projects, but it will instead be allocated to temporary transitional housing assistance.

The lawsuit claims this change could put tens of thousands of people at