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Trump Expands Commitment; HUD Cuts Funding; Louisiana Courts Offer Treatment

7/29/2026

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding commitment of homeless people with mental illness or substance-use disorders.
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s 2026 budget cuts supportive-housing grants from $3 billion to $2.4 billion, prompting a July lawsuit by 21 states and National Alliance to End Homelessness warning 97,000 could lose housing.
Louisiana’s Homelessness Court Program lets participants avoid six months in jail by completing a year of treatment and erases convictions.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding commitment of homeless people with mental illness or substance-use disorders.
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s 2026 budget cuts supportive-housing grants from $3 billion to $2.4 billion, prompting a July lawsuit by 21 states and National Alliance to End Homelessness warning 97,000 could lose housing.
Louisiana’s Homelessness Court Program lets participants avoid six months in jail by completing a year of treatment and erases convictions.