Trump administration to slash funding for enforcement of fair housing laws

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Trump administration to slash funding for enforcement of fair housing laws

By JESSE BEDAYN
Updated 8:46 PM EST, February 28, 2025

President Donald Trump’s administration has begun terminating grants to organizations that enforce the Fair Housing Act by taking complaints, investigating and litigating housing discrimination cases for Americans across the country, according to documents and information obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.

The grants are disbursed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to private nonprofits, which act as the frontline enforcement of the federal anti-discrimination law passed in 1968. They educate communities on their rights, test whether a landlord is racially discriminating, investigate complaints, resolve disputes and can help with legal counsel.

Of an estimated 34,000 fair housing complaints lodged in the U.S. in 2023, these private nonprofits processed 75%, according to a report from the National Fair Housing Alliance. The rest were fielded by state and local governments, with HUD and the U.S. Department of Justice working on less than 6% combined.

It is the highest number of complaints since the first report in the 1990s, and over half were lodged for discrimination based on a disability.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-doge-housing-crisis-cuts-discrimination-d0c6e3b4b030787a1f60a7dc153153dd

[GreenWave]

1. His daddy was a slum landlord despised by Woody Guthrie.

[Eugene]

2. Also Fred and Dolt45 eagerly discriminated against minorities.