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Take Action Now! Trump Administration to Terminate Half of All HUD Staff in Attempt to Decimate Agency
The Trump Administration is expected to terminate at least half of all HUD employees, making it significantly more difficult for states and communities to access the federal housing, community ...
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Leading Congressional Champions Warn HUD Staffing Cuts Will Worsen Housing Crisis
Following reports that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to terminate half of all HUD staff, key Democratic leaders sent a letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner ...
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Funding Negotiations Over Current Fiscal Year Continue While White House Considers 30-40% Cross-Government Spending Cuts in FY26 – Take Action
Appropriations leaders are continuing their work on a long-overdue fiscal year 2025 (FY25) spending bill, with a March 14 deadline fast approaching. Lawmakers will only have until March 14 to ...
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) Condemns HUD Secretary Decision to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People with Equal Access Rule Suspension
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, condemned HUD Secretary Scott Turner’s decision to suspend enforcement of HUD’s 2016 rule, “Equal Access ...
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National Housing Preservation Database Updated to Include National Housing Trust Fund
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released an update to the National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD). For the first time, the update includes data on over ...
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NLIHC Statement on Trump Administration's Directive to Terminate Half of All HUD Staff
Washington, D.C. – The Trump Administration is expected to terminate half of all employees at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). “President Trump’s directive will cause more ...
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Manufactured Homes Particularly at Risk Due to Tornados, Fires, and Hurricanes
Source: Urban Institute. (2025). Building a climate-resilient manufactured housing stock. Based on analysis of National Risk Index (2023) classifications of disaster risk by census tract and 2018–2022 ...
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AFFH Interim Final Rule and Proposed Revision to Equal Access Rule Listed at OIRA
HUD sent an Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Interim Final Rule as well as proposed revisions to the Equal Access Rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the ...
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In-Person Registration for NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum in Sold Out! Virtual Registration is Still Available!
In-person registration for NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2025 is sold out! On-site registration is unavailable. Register today to attend virtually! Taking place March 24-27 at the Hilton Capitol Hill ...
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Congress Eyes Another Temporary Funding Bill to Avoid Potential Government Shutdown on March 14 Funding Deadline – Take Action
With no topline spending agreement between House and Senate appropriators and only a few short weeks before a March 14 deadline, members of Congress are considering another short-term spending bill, ...
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HUD Secretary Turner Halts Equal Access Rule Enforcement
On February 7, HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced HUD will stop enforcing the 2016 Equal Access Rule, which requires housing, facilities, and services funded through HUD’s Office of Community ...
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New Research Demonstrates Why Investment in Resilient Manufactured Housing Is Needed
New research published by the Urban Institute, “Building a Climate-Resilient Manufactured Housing Stock,” found that manufactured housing is a vital piece of the puzzle for addressing America’s ...