YIMBY News for 1/13

[Eric Budd]

‘It’s Been Absolute Chaos’: Homelessness Providers Stuck in Limbo Awaiting Federal Funds

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 36.45. affordable, affordable housing, development, house, housing, housing and urban development, hud, income, project, rent, urban

[image: Backyard] *This story was co-published in collaboration with Shelterforce, the only independent, non-academic publication covering the worlds of affordable housing, community development and housing justice.* The federal government’s largest pool of funds for housing homeless people continues to face uncertainty a year into the second Trump administration. On Nov. 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for its Continuum of Care (CoC) Program, allocating $3.9 billion of competitive federal grants to shelters,

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The Pacific Northwest’s Biggest Highway Project Could be Cooked

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.08. affordable, construction, development, downtown, house, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

A massive new price tag could put the Interstate Bridge Replacement back on hold for the second time in two decades. Just three short years ago, the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) looked inevitable. After decades of false starts, Washington and Oregon were finally on track to start construction on a new, wider I-5 between Vancouver and Portland, expanding the highway and adding a slew of interchanges while replacing the twin drawbridges that span the Columbia River. The Washington legislature had just set aside $1 billion from a new transportation package specifically for the IBR, and the

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