From Democracy Forward
Washington, D.C. — A federal court has granted a request to temporarily block the Trump-Vance administration from adding harmful new restrictions on federal grant programs administered by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The decision ensures that organizations serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQI+ youth, and unhoused communities can continue their critical work without being forced to abandon inclusive practices or censor support for transgender people.
The court granted plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence v. Kennedy, a lawsuit brought by a broad nationwide coalition of advocacy organizations and service providers. Plaintiffs will submit a proposal for the precise scope of the TRO for the court’s review, focused on the organizations that must decide whether to accept the unlawful conditions as soon as July 30. The ruling will halt the administration’s new funding restrictions that targeted diversity, equity, inclusion, and transgender rights, putting life-saving services at risk.