Nearly $48 million in funding could be withheld unless the city complies with several executive orders and grant conditions.

Boston is joining a multi-city lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to withhold billions in previously-awarded funding for housing and homelessness services from communities across the country,

Santa Clara County and a coalition of seven jurisdictions on Friday lobbed another legal challenge at the Trump Administration, arguing that the Department of Housing and Urban Development acted illegally when it placed new conditions on grants that fund services to reduce homelessness.