Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Representing the 12th District of California
Washington D.C. – This week, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined House Democrats in supporting three major Congressional efforts opposing the Trump Administration’s harmful changes to the Continuum of Care (CoC) Programs. These changes could force more than 170,000 people back into homelessness and disrupt services in communities across the country. Pelosi’s support of all three initiatives underscores the significant stakes for San Francisco, where $55 million in federal CoC grants are central to keeping vulnerable individuals and families housed—supporting over 1,500 housing units in the Bay Area.
Pelosi signed on to three letters led by House Appropriations Committee Ranking Members Rosa DeLauro and James Clyburn, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters, and Bay Area Congressman Sam Liccardo. Across these efforts, lawmakers raised alarms about HUD’s abrupt policy shifts, deep funding reductions for permanent supportive housing and a severely delayed FY2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that together threaten to destabilize homelessness systems nationwide.
Appropriations Committee Letter
Speaker Emerita Pelosi, Ranking Member DeLauro, Rep. Clyburn and 203 House Democrats urged HUD to prevent service lapses caused by the latest NOFO. Their letter notes that the FY2025 NOFO is “the most delayed issuance of a NOFO for the CoC Program over the last 10 years,” and warns that the timing combined with major policy changes will result in “the most prolonged funding gap for this critical homelessness prevention program.”
The lawmakers highlighted that nearly $3.7 billion in FY2024 CoC grants begin expiring on December 31, 2025, raising urgent concerns that communities could face major disruptions through winter and into spring if the administration does not act.
The full letter can be read HERE.
Financial Services Committee Letter
Speaker Emerita Pelosi, Ranking Member Waters and 52 House Democrats called on HUD Secretary Scott Turner to rescind a NOFO that “could push over 170,000 formerly homeless individuals back on the streets and exacerbate our nation’s homelessness crisis.” The letter highlights that HUD’s proposal would slash permanent supportive housing from 86% of CoC funding to just 30% and impose an extremely compressed application timeline that could create a half-year gap in critical services.
The lawmakers warned that the NOFO would worsen conditions for people with disabilities, veterans, domestic violence survivors, women with children, and others already disproportionately impacted by the homelessness crisis.
The full letter can be read HERE.
Rep. Liccardo Letter
Speaker Emerita Pelosi, Rep. Sam Liccardo, and more than 30 House Democrats pressed HUD for answers on the Administration’s decision to cut billions from permanent supportive housing services in the CoC Program. The Liccardo-led effort notes that these cuts put 170,000 Americans at risk of homelessness, and emphasized that eliminating support without any transition plan would cause immediate disruption in cities that rely heavily on CoC investments to reduce homelessness.
The full letter can be read HERE.