State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

── State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ── Case No.: 26-1217 Court: Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Date: April 01, 2026 Category: General United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 26-1217 STATE OF WASHINGTON; STATE OF NEW YORK; STATE OF RHODE ISLAND; STATE OF ARIZONA; STATE OF CALIFORNIA; STATE OF COLORADO; STATE OF CONNECTICUT; STATE OF DELAWARE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; STATE OF ILLINOIS; OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, ex rel. ANDY BESHEAR, in the official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; STATE OF MAINE; STATE OF MARYLAND; COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS; STATE OF MICHIGAN; STATE OF MINNESOTA; STATE OF NEW JERSEY; STATE OF NEW MEXICO; STATE OF OREGON; GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, in the official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; STATE OF VERMONT; STATE OF WISCONSIN, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SCOTT TURNER, in the official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Defendants, Appellants. No. 26-1218 NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS; NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION; CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND; YOUTH PRIDE, INC.; CITY OF BOSTON; CITY OF CAMBRIDGE; MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COUNTY; METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE & DAVIDSON COUNTY; COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA; CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO; CITY OF TUCSON, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SCOTT TURNER, in the official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Defendants, Appellants. APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND [Hon. Mary S. McElroy, U.S. District Judge] Before Gelpí, Montecalvo, and Rikelman, Circuit Judges. Brett A. Shumate, Assistant Attorney General, Yaakov M. Roth, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Daniel Tenny, and Sarah Clark Griffin, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, on brief for appellants. Nicholas W. Brown, Attorney General of Washington, Andrew R.W. Hughes, Zane Muller, Aliana Knoepfler, Andrea Alegrett, Assistant Attorneys General, Cristina Sepe, Deputy Solicitor General, Letitia James, Attorney General of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Judith N. Vale, Deputy Solicitor General, Peter F. Neronha, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Kathryn M. Sabatini, Special Assistant Attorney General, Jordan G. Mickman, Assistant Attorney General, Leonard Giarrano IV, Special Assistant Attorney General, Kristin K. Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, Hayleigh S. Crawford, Deputy Solicitor General, William Y. Durbin, Senior Litigation Counsel, Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, Jarrell Mitchell, Deputy Attorney General, Michael L. Newman, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Joel Marrero, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Brian Bilford, Lauren Greenawalt, Deputy Attorneys General, Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General of Colorado, David Moskowitz, Deputy Solicitor General, Nora Passamaneck, Senior Assistant Attorney General, William Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut, Andrew M. Ammirati, Assistant Attorney General, Brian L. Schwalb, Attorney General of District of Columbia, Caroline S. Van Zile, Solicitor General, Dia Rasinariu, Assistant Attorney General, Kathleen Jennings, Attorney General of Delaware, Ian R. Liston, Director of Impact Litigation, Vanessa L. Kassab, Deputy Attorney General, Rose Gibson, Assistant Attorney General, Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, S. Travis Mayo, General Counsel, Taylor Payne, Chief Deputy General Counsel, Laura C. Tipton, Deputy General Counsel, Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, Alex Hemmer, Deputy Sol