{"id":11572,"date":"2025-10-14T19:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?p=11572"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:22:22","slug":"nfha-denounces-trump-administrations-firing-of-hundreds-of-hud-employees-during-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/nfha-denounces-trump-administrations-firing-of-hundreds-of-hud-employees-during-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"NFHA Denounces Trump Administration&#8217;s Firing of Hundreds of HUD Employees During Government Shutdown\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong>NFHA Denounces Trump Administration&#8217;s Firing of Hundreds of HUD Employees During Government Shutdown<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">NFHA applauds U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston\u2019s decision to temporarily block the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs during the government shutdown. NFHA strongly condemns the Administration\u2019s decision to issue reduction-in-force (RIF) notices to more than 400 employees on Friday, according to press reports and court documents. These firings include more than 100 employees from HUD\u2019s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, the hardworking civil servants who investigate acts of housing discrimination nationwide. The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) forcefully condemns these unlawful actions taken in the middle of a government shutdown. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cThis Administration is completely destroying the federal government\u2019s capacity to address housing discrimination,\u201d said NFHA President and CEO Lisa Rice. \u201cIn his confirmation hearing, HUD Secretary Scott Turner promised to uphold the Fair Housing Act, but every action taken under his leadership says otherwise.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Earlier this year, the Trump Administration reduced HUD\u2019s Fair Housing enforcement staff by half. Meanwhile, complaints of housing discrimination are at record highs, according to the 2024 Fair Housing Trends report produced by NFHA. The RIFs represent a dangerous continuation of the administration\u2019s systemic dismantling of Fair Housing in America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><strong>Trump Administration\u2019s Impact on Fair Housing to Date:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"\">\n<li>With the termination of more than 100 fair housing employees in addition to cuts previously made, the Trump Administration is severely decreasing HUD\u2019s capacity to ensure everyday Americans remain safely housed and are not unfairly denied housing\u2014the very rights that the Fair Housing Act guarantees. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"\">\n<li>HUD will no longer investigate and resolve important fair housing complaints. These complaints include alleged acts of redlining, which deprive entire communities of credit because of their race or ethnicity, according to a recent department announcement. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"\">\n<li>HUD will no longer investigate complaints of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"\">\n<li>HUD will no longer use \u201cdisparate impact\u201d\u2014a common sense legal tool sanctioned by the U.S. Supreme Court that prevents unnecessary discriminatory outcomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"content-wrap-item post__list post__list-undefined wp-block-list\" value=\"\">\n<li>The Administration attempted to block congressionally appropriated funds for community-based Fair Housing organizations. These organizations handle thousands of discrimination complaints on behalf of disabled veterans, seniors, survivors of domestic violence, people of color, families with children, and more.&nbsp;<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cWe will continue to hold the Administration accountable for providing the protections the Fair Housing Act guarantees, and that the nation desperately needs during the current fair and affordable housing crisis. We also urge Congress to conduct oversight over these unlawful actions,\u201d said Rice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-center\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><em>The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is the country\u2019s only national civil rights organization dedicated solely to eliminating all forms of housing and lending discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for all people. As the trade association for over 170 fair housing and justice-centered organizations and individuals throughout the U.S. and its territories, NFHA works to dismantle longstanding barriers to equity and build diverse, inclusive, well-resourced communities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NFHA Denounces Trump Administration&#8217;s Firing of Hundreds of HUD Employees During Government Shutdown&nbsp; NFHA applauds U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston\u2019s decision to temporarily block the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs during the government shutdown. NFHA strongly condemns the Administration\u2019s decision to issue reduction-in-force (RIF) notices to more than 400 employees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFHA Denounces Trump Administration&#039;s Firing of Hundreds of HUD Employees During Government Shutdown\u00a0 - NFHA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NFHA Denounces Trump Administration&#8217;s Firing of Hundreds of HUD Employees During Government Shutdown&nbsp; NFHA applauds U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston\u2019s decision to temporarily block the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs during the government shutdown. 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