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Attorney General Sues to Protect New Yorkers' Housing Aid

11/25/2025

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Lena Carter has lived in a one-room apartment near Times Square for 20 years, supported by the federal Continuum of Care program, which covers her $1,216 rent.
Proposed changes to this program could disqualify many housing types from its $3.9 billion funding, potentially leaving thousands of New Yorkers homeless.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 Democratic attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to challenge these new rules, affecting nearly 14,000 households in New York.

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Lena Carter has lived in a one-room apartment near Times Square for 20 years, supported by the federal Continuum of Care program, which covers her $1,216 rent.
Proposed changes to this program could disqualify many housing types from its $3.9 billion funding, potentially leaving thousands of New Yorkers homeless.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 Democratic attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to challenge these new rules, affecting nearly 14,000 households in New York.