US EditionTrump targets HUD’s housing policies
- Tazz Webster, a transgender man in St. Louis, was harassed and shoved by his subsidized apartment manager in March 2022, and four months later lost his home after his door was kicked in and belongings trashed without an eviction notice.
- Webster filed a complaint with HUD’s Fair Housing office, but after more than two years, the agency dropped his case in February 2025 citing lack of jurisdiction, amid the Trump administration's move to undo protections for transgender people.
- Under Secretary Scott Turner, HUD has suspended all investigations into complaints of gender identity discrimination and announced plans to alter the Obama-era policy that guaranteed housing protections for transgender individuals.
- Nearly one-third of transgender people report homelessness, with 70% experiencing harassment or eviction in shelters, prompting advocates to worry that federal policy changes will worsen housing instability for LGBTQ+ individuals.
- Webster remains homeless, expecting longer waits for housing due to federal funding cuts and directives banning diversity initiatives, while advocates warn these shifts undermine established civil rights protections for transgender people.
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The Trump administration is rapidly reformulating housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development moves away from long-established fair housing protections for transgender people. In recent months, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been targeting the Obama-era Equal Access Rule, which expanded protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity. It is also targeted at federally funded comp…
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