This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. A federal judge temporarily halted the cancellation of $30 million in HUD fair housing grants, restoring funding to 78 programs. The cancellation was ...

The funding cuts, enacted by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), target grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that support fair housing initiatives.

Judge Richard G. Stearns stated in his ruling that HUD must “immediately restore plaintiffs to the preexisting status quo by reinstating any [Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP)] grants.” ...

But last month, about two-thirds of those nonprofits — 66 — received letters from HUD terminating about half of the agency's fair-housing grants, some $30 million in all. The letters all said ...

Last month, according to the National Fair Housing Alliance, HUD, and the newly established Department of Government Efficiency, ended 78 grants across 33 states totaling over $30 million ...

Scott Turner, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has announced he is terminating the Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing ... Development (HUD) on March 3, 2025 ...