Scott Turner orders audit of public housing authorities and removes Federal Housing Authority-backed mortgages from illegal immigrants under new policies.

A controversial plan to alter federal housing funding has been paused, but what that means for local government and shelters in the Albany area is uncertain.

The Trump administration is shifting billions in federal aid away from permanent housing and toward treatment, enforcement and work requirements.

For decades, the program has supported services for unhoused people including childcare, job training, counseling and transportation.

The Trump administration had planned to slash the amount of grant funds for permanent housing and instead focus on transitional housing.

The Housing Department retracted a funding application that changes how Continuum of Care funds are allocated.

HUD withdrew its notice of federal funding for homelessness programs, which included the policy change, on Monday afternoon, shortly before a U.S. District Court hearing in Rhode Island on two lawsuits filed by the National Alliance to End Homelessness and 20 states, Politico reported.

"HUD fully stands by the fundamental reforms to the FY25 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and will reissue the NOFO as quickly as possible with technical corrections," a HUD spokesperson wrote.

Under legal challenge, federal housing officials backtrack on changes that L.A. officials say affect thousands getting rental help. New rules remain likely.

The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority says a delayed HUD payment has left nearly 3,000 central Ohio landlords waiting without a confirmed timeline.