Source: Independent Institute
by Christopher J Calton
“The Trump administration is facing roadblocks in its efforts to alter the criteria by which the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awards homelessness grants. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy—a Trump nominee—ruled that the administration’s ‘slapdash imposition of political whims’ is illegal. An appeals court upheld the decision the following day. The controversy was not about policy, but about bureaucratic procedure, which the Administrative Procedure Act regulates. Yet the appellate decision took a detour from procedural considerations to defend the prevailing homelessness policy, known as ‘Housing First.’ This ideological digression by U.S. Circuit Court Judge Julie Rikelman reflects widely held fallacies about Housing First.” (05/08/26)