Washington Officials Moved to Remove Housing First Grant Criteria Before HUD Announcement
State records indicate Washington began stripping Housing First requirements from homelessness grants weeks before HUD issued new rules that de-emphasize the model.
Records show Washington state officials were already removing Housing First grant criteria weeks before the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released new rules that deprioritize the model. The HUD guidance represents a shift after years in which Housing First helped define the federal homelessness response.