Congressman McGarvey Condemns Trump Administration’s Immoral Decision to Slash Federal Funds for Housing Assistance as Kentucky Sees Freezing Conditions
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 2, 2025) – Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey sent a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, calling out the Trump administration’s callous decision to slash 70 percent of federal funding for Continuum of Care (CoC) programs that help Kentuckians facing homelessness find stable, long-term housing.
McGarvey described the plan, first outlined in HUD’s FY25 Notice of Funding Opportunity last month, as “dangerous and short-sighted,” leaving “vulnerable communities without options and organizations without time to adapt.” In Jefferson County alone, that community includes 950 people who rely on the housing funds from 13 CoC grants.
“We’re seeing absolutely freezing temperatures in Kentucky right now, and it’s unnerving that as a country we would turn a blind eye to our neighbors in need,” said McGarvey. “We’re talking about families with children, survivors of domestic violence, and our nation’s veterans getting turned away from a place to sleep at night and escape the cold because of this administration’s callous decision to make more Americans homeless.”
McGarvey explained that HUD’s proposed plan would create major funding gaps for the district’s federally funded housing supports, which are already facing significant setbacks from budget cuts and a shortage of affordable housing.
Today’s letter follows previous outreach to HUD in November when McGarvey and his colleagues called on the agency to work with Congress to appropriate the resources Americans need this winter.
Read today’s letter here.
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