Seattle housing, homelessness crisis would grow if Trump cuts HUD

The angst comes amid reports that the Trump Administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency want to cut HUD’s 9,600-person workforce by half and close many regional and field offices across the country.  

Seattle’s office is one of 11 HUD regional facilities and serves Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. Bloomberg, The Washington Post and the Associated Press have all reported that HUD plans to close the Seattle office entirely and that its more than 100 workers will likely be laid off, along with about 50 based in Portland.  

The agency also has smaller field offices in every state but is planning to close most of them, leaving field offices

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