Washington State's Covenant Home Ownership Program Pushes Back on Federal Investigation

HUD investigates Washington state housing program

The agency claims the Covenant Homeownership Program, which aims to remedy historic housing discrimination, may be racially discriminatory toward White people and other groups.

Washington State's Covenant Home Ownership Program pushes back on federal investigation

SPOKANE, Wash. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating the state's special down payment and mortgage assistance program, calling it "illegal discrimination."

'$200M gone lickety split': Federal investigation targets race-based WA housing program

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is launching an investigation into the race-based Washington housing program, which essentially awards money for races that were discriminated against dating back to 1968. HUD believes this violates the 1968 Fair Housing Law because the money is being distributed to one group, but not another. Carleen Johnson from Center Square joined “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio to explain t…