THEFEDERALIST (Chris Bray) - Homelessness Non-Profits Are Killing Los Angeles
Of $264 million in annual revenue, about $260 million comes from government grants, or about 98.5 percent of this one non-profit corporation's total funding.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ashe Short) - From nepotism to phantom camps: Congress scrutinizes LA homeless authority's spending record
Since 2021, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has received more than $1 billion in federal funds, including $220 million just in 2024.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump administration rescinds Obama-era housing mandate blamed for driving up building costs
HUD and the Justice Department jointly scrapped a 2013 Obama-era policy that exposed homebuilders to indefinite legal liability over accessibility flaws, a mandate officials say added hundreds of millions in costs and choked off affordable housing. HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor moved to replace the […] The post Trump administration rescinds Obama-era housing mandate blamed for driving up building costs appeared first on American Almanac .
HUD and the Justice Department jointly scrapped a 2013 Obama-era policy that exposed homebuilders to indefinite legal liability over accessibility flaws, a mandate officials say added hundreds of millions in costs and choked off affordable housing. HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor moved to replace the old enforcement framework with strict filing deadlines that mirror what Congress actually wrote into the Fair Housing Act more than three decades ago. Under the new guidance, individuals and advocacy groups now face a one-year window to file administrative complaints with HUD, starting from the date a building receives its certificate of occupancy. Private federal…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - HUD rescinds Biden-era statement on special credit programs in housing
The joint statement from Tuesday asserted that the old Biden-era regulation had enabled lending programs based on race and sex.
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - HUD launches civil rights investigations into university housing programs over race discrimination
HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is investigating the University of Connecticut and the University of Minnesota to determine whether their campus housing programs violate the Fair Housing Act by steering or advertising housing opportunities based on race or ethnicity.
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - We want more Americans to achieve the dream of homeownership: Scott Turner | National Report
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner joined “National Report” to discuss the Trump administration’s housing agenda, expanding homeownership, and making housing more affordable for working Americans.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch live: Trump to headline Faith & Freedom Coalition conference
President Trump will headline the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington on Friday afternoon. The annual “Road to Majority” event comes as the Trump administration grapples with fallout from the Iran war, rising affordability concerns ahead of the midterms and as Democrats find an opportunity to bring abortion issues back to the spotlight four years after Roe v. Wade was overturned. The conference will also mark Trump’s first visit to the Washington Hilton hotel since the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting earlier this year. Other notable guests include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and a slew of House and Senate Republicans, among others.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Trump admin to lower housing costs by removing Biden-era green energy mandates, HUD secretary says
The cost of compliance, according to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott, adds $31,000 to the cost of a home and adds to the housing shortage Americans are facing.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - DOJ Joins Case Against Housing ‘Reparations’ Program: ‘Race Discrimination, Pure and Simple.’
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston in Illinois over its housing "reparations" program.
The Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston, Illinois, alleging its housing “reparations” program violates federal anti-discrimination laws. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston in Illinois over its housing “reparations” program. DETAIL: The DOJ claims that Evanston’s housing program violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Fair Housing Act. The reparations program, which was launched in 2021 , provides payments and housing assistance exclusively to Evanston residents with “origins in any of the Black racial and ethnic groups of Africa” and their descendants who lived in the city during…Open
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump suspends federal funding for Los Angeles homeless agency
NewsNation's Rich McHugh breaks down the latest with the Department of Housing and Urban Development suspending federal funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. The Trump administration alleges fraud from the organization. #Trump #WhiteHouse #Fraud #LosAngeles #Homeless #LosAngelesHomeless