DOGE Places Entire Staff of Federal Homelessness Agency on Leave

Trump administration has gutted an agency that coordinates homelessness policy

A tiny agency that coordinates homelessness policy across the federal government has been effectively shut down, with all its staff put on administrative leave.“The irony here is that the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness is designed for government efficiency,” said Jeff Olivet, the body’s most recent executive director under President Biden.Congress created it in 1987, he said, “to make sure that the federal response to homelessness is c…

DOGE Places Entire Staff of Federal Homelessness Agency on Leave

The US Interagency Council on Homelessness, which helps coordinate federal housing aid to cities, was targeted for elimination by a Trump executive order in March.

Bangor’s federal homelessness advisor placed on leave by Trump administration

A federal worker who advised Bangor on how to address its homelessness crisis was placed on administrative leave on Monday, alongside every other employee in their agency. Nichele Carver, who represented New England, New York and New Jersey for the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, was placed on administrative leave on Monday. Most recently, she was a resource for Bangor as the city worked to close its largest homeless encampment located…

The United States is currently experiencing a sharp constitutional confrontation between President Donald Trump and the judiciary, an independent branch of American power. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has issued 104 executive orders, as of April 14, covering a wide range of issues, including immigration, economic policy, and government restructuring. Many of these orders have been challenged in the US courts, and several …

DOGE places entire staff of homelessness agency on leave

The entire staff of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) has reportedly been placed on leave at the behest of DOGE, the government cost-cutting arm inside the White House led by billionaire Elon Musk. This is according to reports published by Bloomberg and NPR. The move reportedly occurred on April 15, with all 13 USICH staff members being notified by its acting director that they will be placed on administrative leave effective …