"But the Trump administration has been systematically destroying these federal protections for renters and homeowners, and now new internal documents shared with my office from whistleblowers inside the Department of Housing and Urban Development show the extent of the Trump administration's attack on civil rights and show how the administration appears to be ignoring the law."
"HUD leadership, they wrote, has "placed the Department on an unalterable course towards violating its statutory and regulatory obligations to safeguard the equal distribution of federal funds, to combat housing discrimination in the public and private sectors, and to protect the lives of countless survivors of domestic violence.""
"Right now, if you're a mom protecting your kids from living with an abusive father, or if you're getting denied a mortgage because of the color of your skin, you have civil rights protection under U.S. law."
Whistleblowers from the Department of Housing and Urban Development allege the agency is abdicating its duty to enforce federal civil rights and fair housing laws. A senator sent a letter to the acting inspector general urging an investigation of the allegations and quoting a letter from named and anonymous Office of Fair Housing attorneys. The attorneys state HUD leadership has placed the Department on an unalterable course toward violating statutory and regulatory obligations, misallocating federal funds, failing to combat housing discrimination, and endangering survivors of domestic violence. Internal documents reportedly show fair housing has been deprioritized under the current administration.
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