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Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

Jesse Coburn, Andy Kroll / ProPublica Dec 24, 2024 As a Texas state legislator, Scott Turner voted against protections for poor tenants and called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trump Gives California Grief—but Also Likes Its Money

BRIAN SLODYSKO and KEVIN FREKING / The Associated Press Sep 17, 2019 The president's lunch-dinner-breakfast-lunch fundraising blitz is expected to scoop up $15 million from wealthy Republicans in two days. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Could This Be the Humane Housing Policy We’ve Been Waiting For?

Clara Romeo / Truthdig Feb 15, 2019 Housing First provides homes to the homeless, without tying eligibility to completion of programs for substance abuse. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ben Carson Rolls Back Fair Housing Rules, Making Discrimination Easier

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Dec 24, 2018 The HUD chief believes the regulations, designed to ensure prospective buyers get equal treatment, stifle affordable housing development. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

HUD Inspections Are Passing Apartments in Unspeakable Conditions

Molly Parker / ProPublica Nov 16, 2018 A new report suggests the department has colossally failed low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Sen. Warren’s New Bill Could ‘Redress a Century of Housing Discrimination’

Aaron Glantz and Emmanuel Martinez / Reveal Sep 27, 2018 The Massachusetts Democrat unveils the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which contains provisions designed to combat modern-day redlining. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

State Attorneys General Urge HUD to Keep Rule Against Housing Discrimination

Emmanuel Martinez / Reveal Aug 29, 2018 Those in 16 states and the District of Columbia urge the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make no changes to an administrative rule that protects individuals from housing discrimination. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Judge Upholds HUD’s Delay of Anti-Segregation Housing Rule

JULIET LINDERMAN / The Associated Press Aug 18, 2018 Several civil rights groups argued that Secretary Ben Carson and his agency didn't follow the right procedures to suspend the Obama-era rule and are in violation of the Fair Housing Act, but their claims are rejected. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ben Carson to Gut Anti-Segregation Rule in New Attack on Fair Housing Act

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Aug 14, 2018 A former HUD attorney in the Obama administration warns that the consequences could prove devastating. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

HUD Plan Would Raise Rents for Poor by 20 Percent

JULIET LINDERMAN and LARRY FENN / The Associated Press Jun 7, 2018 Housing Secretary Ben Carson says his proposal would create a path toward self-sufficiency for millions of low-income households by pushing more people to find work. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Heartless Math of ‘Carsonomics’

Julian Vigo / Truthdig May 11, 2018 Less is not more with Ben Carson leading the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Fair Housing Laws Being Undermined, Warren Charges

By Aaron Glantz / Reveal Apr 24, 2018 The Massachusetts senator has taken up the issue of redlining, or systematic discrimination against people of color looking for loans and for housing in certain neighborhoods. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )