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Alliance for Housing Justice
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🤝 🏘️ Building & supporting infrastructure for a powerful, grassroots-led movement to win safe, affordable, equitable housing for all.

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More info for HUD/USDA tenants from @nhlp.bsky.social:

🔗 nhlp.org/resources/do-you-live-in-hud-or-usda-housing-know-your-rights-during-the-government-shutdown/
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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🏛️⚠️ #Shutdown: what renters need to know + how Trump's
HUD is dropping the ball!
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Since when does Sec. Turner care about delayed maintenance? He just fired HUD's entire building inspection team.
Screenshot of an X post from Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) posted on Oct 30: “For nearly a month, the Left has held our government hostage. Here’s the status of vital HUD programs:” Embedded media: a video still of Scott Turner speaking in front of the U.S. Capitol dome. A subtitle bar at the bottom reads: “for families in need, including delayed maintenance and buildings in winter months.”
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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“The alleged efforts by HUD leadership to dismantle decades of progress are shameful, betray the American public & represent a profound abuse of taxpayer dollars”

🔗 notus.org/housing/layoffs-housing-urban-development-fair-housing-office
October 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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CHA says the terms contradict HUD's own regulations, like the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) rule mandating emergency housing plans for sexual assault & domestic violence victims.

chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/16/chicago-housing-authority-sues-hud-over-new-anti-dei-grant-requirements
Image description: Screenshot — WBEZ article by Violet Miller and Esther Yoon-Ji Kang, published Oct 17, 2025, 3:02pm CDT: Headline: “Chicago Housing Authority sues HUD over new anti-DEI grant requirements.” Subhead: “The city agency, which provides subsidized housing to low-income individuals, is seeking a temporary restraining order in the case to halt the implementation of the new grant prerequisites.” Byline: “By Violet Miller and Esther Yoon-Ji Kang | WBEZ.” Section tags at top: “HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT,” “CHICAGO,” “WASHINGTON.” Featured photo (one sentence): A brushed-metal wall shows the Chicago Housing Authority logo of five vertical bars above the large letters “CHA.”
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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The 2nd Monday of every October is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, because we celebrate survival, resistance, and a future beyond white supremacist systems and myths.
A vertical digital graphic with a soft gradient sky shifting from deep blue-violet at the top to pink-peach at the bottom; centered text reads “Today we observe” above large outlined lettering “INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY,” followed by the italic line “Honoring Indigenous culture, history, and resistance.”; in the bottom-right corner, a small white stacked logo within a thin house outline reads “Alliance for Housing Justice.”
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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"The largest cuts were concentrated...the division that investigates claims of discrimination & abuse."
Screenshot of an online news article from CityLab (author and date not visible): “HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts.” “Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.” Featured photo: The curved facade of HUD’s Robert C. Weaver Federal Building with a round entrance canopy, as a person walks beneath it.
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Great. federal workers deserve housing security while we wait for our politicians to get it together.

whec.com/top-news/senate-bill-aims-to-protect-federal-workers-from-eviction-during-a-government-shutdown/
Image of the United States Capitol Building under a clear sky. Accompanying a news article titled 'Senate bill aims to protect federal workers from eviction during government shutdown' by Evan Bourtis News10NBC, published on October 10, 2025.
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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We need Secretary Turner to take his job seriously.
October 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Looking for real info on what the shutdown means if you rely on HUD?

@nhlp.bsky.social’s got you 🔽
nhlp.org/govshutdown
October 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Rather than turn HUD’s website into a political ad & grandstand on cable news, maybe Sec. Turner could share info on HUD tenants’ rights & what to expect during a shutdown?
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Grow up.
News nation screen cap featuring Chris cuomo split screen with hud secretary Scott Turner and chyron reading: “HUD Secretary on why he’s trolling Dems”
October 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Pathetic. HUD is supposed to serve everyone—not sling partisan mud.

A fully funded HUD could do so much to fix our housing crisis. Instead, leadership pulls stunts like this. We can do so much better.
A screenshot of an X post from the verified account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (@HUDgov), posted at 11:40 PM on September 30, 2025. The post reads: “HUD’s website has been updated with the following message: 'The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need.'” Below the post is a screenshot of the HUD.gov homepage with a large red banner with the described message spanning the top of the main webpage.
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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BREAKING from AFGE Local 476: "HUD just illegally fired 2 civil rights attorneys for blowing the whistle & telling Congress how HUD is abandoning survivors of domestic violence and refusing to enforce civil rights laws"

🔗 instagram.com/p/DPMRkpDkQd9/
Screenshot (Instagram) — by afgelocal476 and fedsworkforyou, posted 1 hour ago: image of a woman in a bright yellow vest and a man in a dark suit walk down a wide office lobby toward glass revolving doors. caption: "@hudgov just illegally fired 2 civil rights attorneys for blowing the whistle and telling Congress how HUD is abandoning survivors of domestic violence and refusing to enforce civil rights laws. Whisteblowing is protected activity; these whistleblowers are extremely brave, and this is illegal retaliation. What are you so afraid of @secretaryturner??? There needs to be a full investigation into everything #TeamEpstein is trying to cover up. #civilrights #fairhousing #housing #whistleblowers #governmentshutdown #trump 1h"
September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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"Those who lack the cash to pay for housing at market rates—no matter how high those rates rise—could be deemed unable to care for themselves, and therefore would become eligible to be rounded up and taken… where?"

🔗 thenation.com/article/society/homeless-crisis-trump-housing/#
September 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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"'This is an unlawful attempt to hold lifesaving housing resources hostage to an ideological agenda,' said Skye Perryman, head of @democracyforward.org"

🔗 therealdeal.com/national/2025/09/15/homeless-groups-sue-hud-over-trump-litmus-test-for-funds/
A screenshot of an article The headline reads: "Homeless groups sue HUD over Trump-era litmus test for grants" Subheadline: "Rules force states, cities to back immigration crackdowns, anti-trans policies to access funds" Below the headline is a composite, stylized image featuring Donald Trump, HUD Secretary Scott Turner shaking hands and in black and National Alliance to End Homelessness CEO Ann Oliva composited in the background white with a pink-red gradient overlay.
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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"Housing all of Chicago’s homeless people would cost about $383k/day, [@ips-dc.org's] https://bit.ly/4lYIx87 told The Intercept, noting that the sum equaled roughly 1/4 of the expense of a deployment of 3,000 Guard members"
theintercept.com/2025/09/03/trump-military-occupy-dc-la-chicago/
A screenshot of an article with headline "TRUMP’S CHICAGO OCCUPATION COULD COST FOUR TIMES MORE THAN HOUSING CITY HOMELESS" Subhead: "Sending troops to Chicago could cost $1.6 million per day, four times as much as housing the city’s homeless — plus it’s illegal, experts say." Byline: Nick Turse September 3, 2025 Below, a photo shows three U.S. Army National Guard soldiers in patrolling a Metro station. Photo caption: Soldiers with the 112th Military Police Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard, patrol the Washington Metro in D.C. on Aug. 30, 2025. Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Renee Seruntine/U.S. Army National Guard/102d Public Affairs Detachment/DVIDS
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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HUD is calling for papers on “How immigration's impact on housing prices affects native fertility rates.”

Looks like the work of PD&R's new Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary, John Gibbs.
A screenshot of an article by Laina G. Stebbins published in Michigan Advance on September 22, 2022, titled: "Michigan GOP congressional candidate railed against women’s suffrage, women in the workplace." Below the headline is a a color photograph of John Gibbs, The photo caption credit reads: “ Republican nominee for Michigan’s Third Congressional District John Gibbs campaigns in Lansing on Aug. 27, 2022. (Andrew Roth | Michigan Advance)"
August 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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🏠📰 Some important housing stories you might’ve missed:

• ICE pressuring landlords for tenant data
• @nlihc.org's new “Out of Reach” report
• Housing assistance time limits (s/o @centeronbudget.bsky.social)
• What's going on with the housing budget?
August 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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HUD Sec. Scott Turner claims that getting people housed doesn't prevent homelessness.
August 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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🚨 STATEMENT on Trump’s Attack on D.C.: Banishment is Not a Solution to Homelessness.

Serious leaders must reject Trump's approach & invest in implementing real solutions at scale 🔽
A graphic with a blue-tinted monochrome photo background showing Donald Trump speaking at a White House press podium bearing the presidential seal, flanked by Pete Hegseth to his left and Pam Bondi to his right, and U.S. flags behind; overlaid white text reads: Statement: Trump’s Attack on D.C.: Banishment is Not a Solution to Homelessness. In the lower-right corner, a small logo reads: Alliance for Housing Justice. STATEMENT: Trump’s Attack on D.C.: Banishment is Not a Solution to Homelessness. On Sunday, President Trump posted a horrifying screed announcing plans to force all of D.C.’s unhoused residents to “move out, IMMEDIATELY” & send them “FAR from the Capital.” W/ HUD reporting a national record of 771,480 people unhoused on a single night last year—including 5,616 unhoused people in D.C., over 80% of whom were Black—vilifying & rounding up our cities’ most vulnerable is racist, cruel, irrational & dangerous. If the goal is to solve homelessness, forced mass displacement & criminalization do the opposite: they deepen trauma, erect barriers to housing & work, worsen racial disparities, and put women, people w/ disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, & other underserved groups at greater risk. Serious leaders must reject Trump's approach & invest in implementing real solutions at scale: build & preserve social & public housing; expand permanent supportive housing & services; & enact strong tenant protections so residents aren’t pushed into homelessness in the 1st place
August 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Yesterday, Trump posted a horrifying screed announcing plans to force D.C.’s unhoused residents to “move out, IMMEDIATELY” & send them “FAR from the Capital.”

Banishment is not a solution to homelessness, affordable housing is.
Screenshot of a social media post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) —overlaid by a large translucent red warning symbol— date not shown: “We’re having a News Conference tomorrow in the White House. I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before. The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital. The Criminals, you don’t have to move out. We’re going to put you in jail where you belong. It’s all going to happen very fast, just like the Border. We went from millions pouring in, to ZERO in the last few months. This will be easier — Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Below the text, two side-by-side photos show small tent encampments set up on grass beside a road with trees in the background, one seen partly through a car window.
August 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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“Funding is being reimagined,” says HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett.

That’s one way to put it. Another? Cutting HUD’s budget in half—or as their own internal doc puts it: “making it difficult for the agency to perform essential tasks.”
Screenshot from MuckRock by Mollie Bryant, published June 27, 2025. The article is titled, “While the nation faces record housing unaffordability and homelessness, HUD is pushing massive cuts and a move to Virginia,” with tags for “Housing” and “News.” The byline reads: By Mollie Bryant | June 27, 2025. Below the headline is a press conference photo showing HUD Secretary Scott Turner at a podium labeled “HUD’s New Home in VA,” flanked by Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Michael Peters, commissioner of GSA’s Public Buildings Service, with a display board behind them reading “The New Golden Age of HUD.
June 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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“The increasing utilization of algorithmic technologies in this sector is just automating discrimination”

🔗 shelterforce.org/2025/06/11/tenant-screening-a-billion-dollar-industry-with-little-oversight-whats-being-done-to-protect-renters/
REPORTED ARTICLE HOW TECH IS CHANGING HOUSING Screenshot of article with category label “reported article: how tech is changing housing” Article Headline: TENANT SCREENING: A BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY WITH LITTLE OVERSIGHT. WHAT'S BEING DONE TO PROTECT RENTERS? Subhead: Thousands of companies offer tenant screening tools that promise to make life easier for landlords and property managers. But reports show that the data these companies use is often riddled with errors and relies on information that has no bearing on whether someone will be a good tenant.
June 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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HUD Secretary Turner should follow the law.

🔗 streetlightnews.org/hud-budget/
A screenshot of an article by Mollie Bryant published June 16, 2025. The headline reads: “HUD is withholding funds despite court orders, while creating delays that are killing homebuilding projects, senators say.” The featured illustration below the headline shows a stylized, vintage-style drawing of two large hands, one holding a pen and writing on a blank sheet of paper, set against a solid yellow-orange background.
June 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM