Here at the Alliance, we are all busy preparing for next week’s Leadership Summit, but there is some critical information we want to provide – especially to Continuum of Care leads and recipients. So, this week’s update will be a bit shorter, and a bit more technical than usual.
Here’s the latest on the status of funding for the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program, and what applicants and recipients need to know.
NOFO Updates
A week ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed an emergency motion to end the Preliminary Injunction that temporarily stopped the December 2025 CoC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
In its filing with the court, HUD acknowledges the Department must noncompetitively renew expiring grants in the first quarter and likely the second quarter based on the direction from Congress included in the FY26 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development appropriation. HUD also expressed its intent, if their motion is granted, to proceed with the December NOFO and run a 2025 CoC competition only including those project awards expiring in the second half of the year.
HUD argues that there is no longer any immediate, irreversible harm to providers and their communities. We beg to differ. Alliance staff members have heard from hundreds of CoC leads and direct recipients of CoC funding about the ongoing harms and uncertainty that HUD’s inconsistent, unclear, and delayed process has caused, and continues to cause.
What’s Next
HUD has asked the Court for an expedited ruling on their request by March 2. Yesterday, the Alliance’s legal team submitted a strong set of arguments in opposition. The Plaintiffs in the related litigation, led by states, also responded. We do not know how the court will rule but we remain hopeful.
On March 2, as we await the court’s ruling, the Alliance team will be in San Diego kicking off our Leadership Summit on Ending Homelessness. I look forward to being in community with nearly 1,000 leaders from across the country.
We will provide additional updates as we get new information.
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