Resource Center

The President’s Budget threatens to cut nearly $40 billion from programs that play a key role in local efforts to prevent and end homelessness.

The Alliance urges the Administration and Congressional lawmakers to provide the Homeless Assistance Grants account with a $4.922 billion appropriation in FY26.

A new analysis from the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute examines the potential impact of eliminating these critical programs.

As communities across the country grapple with rising homelessness and increased housing costs, the Alliance found that the majority of state and local governments spend more on corrections than addressing the affordable housing crisis.

On March 15, President Trump signed into law a year-long continuing resolution (CR) that extends funding for the federal government through September 30, 2025. Although the continuing resolution generally extends funding levels from fiscal year 2024 enacted funding amounts, it includes increases for defense spending and immigration enforcement while reducing some non-defense funding. The measure eliminates all earmarked projects from FY2024 appropriations and omits $15.9 billion in earmarked projects that had been included in the FY2025 House and Senate appropriations bills.

We conservatively estimate that an additional $9.6 billion would be needed to achieve this goal: providing Rapid Re-Housing or Permanent Supportive Housing to everyone in a homeless shelter unable to access housing in a single year.