Housing Providers Bid For $4B In Federal Funding Despite HUD Program's Murky Future

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Bisnow reports that housing providers are competing for $4 billion in federal homeless assistance funding even as the Department of Housing and Urban Development program that would distribute the money faces an uncertain path forward. The delays, tied up in legal proceedings, are already being felt across the country as organizations that rely on these dollars to build and preserve affordable housing find themselves in limbo. For an industry already stretched thin by construction costs and financing gaps, a protracted hold on committed federal support adds another layer of instability to projects that were budgeted with this revenue in mind.

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