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Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University

Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short-term solutions

Detroit area homelessness providers worry the federal funding shift could affect thousands of individuals and families across the region. Charles Ommanney/Getty Images Joshua Lott/Getty Images

A bureaucratic shift in Washington is threatening to undo years of progress in Detroit’s fight against homelessness, potentially forcing thousands of the city’s most fragile residents back onto the streets.

In November 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development revised how it would allocate funding through its flagship homelessness program, the Continuum of Care.

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