Nearly 3,000 North Carolinians could lose housing under changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s competitive grant program for permanent housing, according to an estimate by the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

The alliance and other advocates are bracing for HUD reforms that will dramatically change the way the federal government funds permanent housing assistance programs.

The changes could cost the state more than $24 million in funding for programs that house people experiencing homelessness, the organization told N.C. Newsline. Nationally, more than 170,000 people could be at risk of homelessness due to changes to the $3.9 billion grant program, the alliance said.

“Without that funding, it means services are disrupted, if not stopped altogethe

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