Jennifer Ludden

Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.

Already, able-bodied people without dependents can only get SNAP for three months over three years unless they work, train, or volunteer for 80 hours a month.

Now, that requirement will apply to older people, boosting the cutoff age from 54 to 64, and to parents whose children are 14 or older.

Unhoused people, veterans, and young adults aging out of foster care will also no longer be exempt.

Republicans say the aim is to weed out waste and fraud.

Critics say the new rules have been rushed with little time to prepare.

They come after weeks of chaos when the Trump administration refused to pay full SNAP benefits during the federal shutdown.

Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.

The federal housing agency HUD wants to shift billions of dollars away from permanent housing toward transitional housing, and it says it will deny funding to programs that promote DEI, acknowledge people who are transgender or non-binary, or don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

The lawsuit by the mostly Democratic-led states says those conditions are unlawful, and it says Congress mandated that homelessness funding be distributed based solely on need.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner has said the funding changes are about promoting self-sufficiency.

Advocates for ending homelessness say the overhaul could push 170,000 people back onto the streets.

Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.

The federal housing agency HUD wants to shift billions of dollars away from permanent housing toward transitional housing, and it says it will deny funding to programs that promote DEI, acknowledge people who are transgender or non-binary,

or don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

The lawsuit by the mostly Democratic-led states says those conditions are unlawful, and it says Congress mandated that homelessness funding be distributed based solely on need.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner has said the funding changes are about promoting self-sufficiency.

Advocates for ending homelessness say the overhaul could push 170,000 people back onto the streets.

Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.

The federal housing agency HUD wants to shift billions of dollars away from permanent housing toward transitional housing, and it says it will deny funding to programs that promote DEI, acknowledge people who are transgender or non-binary, or don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.