A federal agency that coordinates government homelessness programs was supposedly shuttered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the early days of the second Trump administration.
But the staff at the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) were never actually fired. Instead, they were placed on paid administrative leave for several months. Then they were quietly rehired, even though the council has not held a meeting since December 2024 and has been given nothing to do.
