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Rep. Maxine Waters slams ‘reckless’ Trump cuts to HUD program combating homelessness

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is leading a Democratic Party outcry against the Trump administration‘s major cuts to a decades-old program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that works to reduce homelessness in the United States. The longtime congresswoman and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, joined by dozens of Democratic members of Congress, slammed HUD’s more than 50% cut to permanent housing funding for the agency’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. Established under […]

todayNovember 25, 2025

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Scott Turner, Trump’s lone Black Cabinet member, defends government shutdown ‘propaganda’ on HUD website

Scott Turner, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was confronted by Chris Cuomo on “NewsNation” on Tuesday after his department seemingly violated federal law to blame Democrats for the current government shutdown. Turner is facing scrutiny after a blaring red banner on HUD’s website read: “The radical left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump […]

todayOctober 2, 2025

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Trump’s HUD Secretary cuts a key fair housing rule; advocates warn of deeper segregation

Scott Turner, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has announced he is terminating the Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule in an effort to cut “costly red tape.” AFFH, which was originally introduced by the Obama administration, required any state receiving federal funding to demonstrate they were taking steps to truly implement fair housing and eliminate discrimination, by answering a series of questions and assembling planning reports that showed concrete action.   The rule was rescinded once […]

todayMarch 11, 2025

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HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge resigns, leaves post in 11 days without stating reason for departure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving “with mixed emotions.” A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary since the start of President Joe Biden’s administration. “As a dedicated public servant for nearly five decades, I have been devoted to improving the quality of life for the people of this nation, focusing on those […]

todayMarch 11, 2024

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HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge agrees: ‘The rent is too damn high!’

“The rent is too damn high!” says Marcia Fudge, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in reference to the campaign phrase popularized by former politician Jimmy McMillan. “He was absolutely right…I agree with him 100%,” said Fudge, head of the federal agency created in 1965 to address America’s housing and urban challenges, during a sit-down interview with theGrio. A recently published Joint Center for Housing Studies report from Harvard University found that a record half of […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024