Federal judge strikes down HUD’s homelessness policy shift - POLITICO

U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy for the District of Rhode Island, a Trump appointee, wrote in her decision that “the administrative record demonstrates HUD’s failure to consider the harm caused by the funding gaps it created when attempting to eliminate the Housing First approach on an accelerated timeline” and that HUD’s issuance of the policy changes constitutes “arbitrary and capricious action.”… 

McElroy said in her decision that the actions HUD took to “hastily” eliminate the housing first approach in its fiscal 2025 program funding “serve as the hallmark of unreasoned decision making.”

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/hud-homelessness-policy-ruling-00981804

 

Democratic AGs sue HUD over anti-discrimination enforcement roll back - POLITICO

"HUD is attempting to impose vague, ideologically motivated and unlawful conditions on program funding," Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a press conference Monday. "If these actions are left unchallenged, discrimination in housing is almost certain to increase." 

The HUD guidance to state agencies reflects an administration-wide effort to pull back on anti-discrimination regulations that some Republicans and industry advocates consider overly zealous...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/16/democratic-attorneys-general-sue-hud-anti-discrimination-00829849 

 

WHISTLEBLOWERS EXPOSE That Trump is Using HUD as a Weapon Against Americans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqcRgp1IicA

 

20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing funding - POLITICO

The new conditions placed on the program would also give HUD the ability to deny funding for organizations that acknowledge the existence of transgender or nonbinary individuals. "Communities across the country depend on Continuum of Care funds to provide housing and other resources to our most vulnerable neighbors," said James in a press release. "These funds help keep tens of thousands of people from sleeping on the streets every night. I will not allow this administration to cut off these funds and put vital housing and support services at risk."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/25/states-trump-administration-hud-housing-cuts-00668178 

HUD website says 'radical left' will cause pain over shutdown in red banner - The Washington Post

A bright red banner alarmed federal workers Tuesday morning as shutdown anxiety mounted…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/30/goverrnment-shutdown-politics-ethics/ 

 

US whistleblowers say they were fired for raising fair housing concerns

Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs, said in a statement following the firings: "Donald Trump doesn't want Americans to know that his administration is engaged in a systemic attack on their rights. "

So the Trump administration is silencing those who are speaking out about how Donald Trump and Scott Turner [the HUD secretary] are turning their backs on the American people, including women experiencing domestic violence, families being denied mortgages because of the color of their skin, and older folks who need extra help getting down the stairs."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/us-housing-department-hud-whistleblowers?