How long the shutdown will last and what concessions may have to be made for lawmakers to resolve their funding standoff is anyone’s guess. In the last 50 years, the U.S. government has shut down 10 times, despite funding for federal agencies having lapsed twice as frequently. The last shutdown occurred at the end of 2018 and stretched into 2019, during President Donald Trump’s first term. Housing vouchers provided to renters through Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs would run through the end of November during a shutdown. Besides processing delays, federal furloughs also mean some federal housing regulations will go unenforced for as long as the shutdown lasts.