The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is rolling out its fiscal 2026 Continuum of Care grant competition with an emphasis on treatment, recovery, and accountability measures—an approach the agency says is meant to improve results in federally funded homelessness programs.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has moved ahead with its fiscal 2026 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the agency’s main competitive grant program supporting local homelessness response systems.
The NOFO—listed on Grants.gov as “FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants NOFO” (opportunity number CPD-2600-DC-0025)—is associated with an estimated $4.01 billion in funding, according to federal grant listings and related HUD funding-opportunity postings.
In public statements about its CoC reforms, HUD under Secretary Scott Turner has said the department is shifting priorities toward treatment and recovery, greater accountability, and self-sufficiency. Separate HUD materials describing the reforms characterize the changes as a major policy shift for the program.
The Daily Wire reported that the Trump administration’s approach to homelessness funding is designed to move away from what it describes as prior “Housing First” and harm-reduction-era policies, and that the administration is emphasizing treatment access and outcomes as part of the new funding framework.
HUD has also said it is encouraging broader participation in local homelessness efforts, including partnerships with providers involved in substance-use-disorder treatment and mental-health services, alongside traditional housing and shelter organizations.
