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.
In 2023, Jeff Olivet (right), then the executive director of the United States Council on Homelessness, toured an interim housing project in Los Angeles with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Photographer: Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
The entire staff of the White House agency tasked with coordinating the federal government’s efforts to combat homelessness was placed on leave on April 15.
All 13 employees of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, or USICH, received notice from the agency’s acting director on Tuesday informing them that they were being put on administrative leave, starting immediately, according to three people familiar with the matter.