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Millions of dollars for homeless services in Minnesota are up in the air after the Trump  administration proposed changing the rules for housing programs that helped people get off the streets.   

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to 

shift money away from long-term housing programs

Instead, more federal money would go toward breaking up homeless encampments and to short-term shelters with work requirements and mandatory addiction treatment.  

could force thousands of Minnesotans back into living in their cars

, onto friends’ couches or onto the streets — including people who have relied on supportive housing for years.

MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks with her guests about what helps people move into permanent homes and how federal policy shifts could affect Minnesotans. 

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The federal government’s approach to homelessness is changing. MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks about what that means for Minnesotans who rely on federal money for housing. 

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Could proposed federal changes push thousands of Minnesotans back into homelessness?

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