States sue over drastic shift in federal housing aid

SEATTLE — Washington Attorney General Nick Brown says the Trump administration’s attempt to reprioritize billions of dollars in housing aid for people with disabilities is a policy that “comes straight out of a Charles Dickens story.”

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner says reforms are needed to fix what he describes as a “Biden-era slush fund.”

These clashing perspectives will soon be tested in federal court. 

Washington and other states, including Oregon, on Tuesday,…