Trump federal aid freeze: Atlanta housing authority affected

• The freeze also affected the city's economic development efforts and "salaries and investments in our infrastructure and public safety," he added.

Driving the news: Trump's Monday night freeze sparked confusion among agencies, advocates and the people who use their services, Axios' Avery Lotz reports.

• The ripple effects are immediate and "vast in scope," Courtney English, Mayor Andre Dickens' chief policy officer and senior adviser, told Atlanta City Council members on Tuesday.
• He said organizations currently can't access portals to pull down federal funding to make payroll or do business. The administration is monitoring the situation and assessing potential impacts.

Zoom in: In Atlanta, affected partner agencies include Atlanta Housing Authority, Partners for HOME and nonprofits, English told members of the Council's community development and human services committee.

• He said the administration received reports of Head Start and early education programs also being affected.

Zoom out: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that the freeze would allow for a review of federal spending and insisted that the halt did not affect direct aid to individuals.

Yes, but: "We are seeing reports from the White House that 'this program won't be affected' or 'that program won't be affected,'" English said. "Well, they're being affected."