Tell Congress: Restore Fair HUD Housing Enforcement Now

Federal employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development are so afraid of losing their jobs that they launched an anonymous website just to tell the public the truth: the Trump administration has shut down fair housing enforcement, and real people are being left without legal protection.

The 1968 Fair Housing Act is the law of the land. It bans housing discrimination based on race, national origin, religion, gender, family status, and disability. By law, HUD must investigate every case that comes its way. The Trump administration is simply refusing to follow it. Here is what HUD employees say is happening right now:

• Investigators have been told they can no longer pursue cases involving race or gender

• LGBTQ people may no longer be considered a protected class, because HUD attorneys have been blocked from offering legal interpretation

• Employees have been directed to speak only English with clients, cutting off Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico

• Two civil rights lawyers who went to Congress with their concerns were fired

• Employees now speaking out are doing so anonymously out of fear of the same fate

Congress has both the authority and the responsibility to act. Tell Congress to take two clear actions:

1. Launch a full congressional investigation into HUD's dismantling of fair housing enforcement. Investigators must have the legal clarity and institutional backing to do their jobs.

2. Protect federal whistleblowers at HUD and other agencies. No employee should face termination for reporting that their agency is breaking the law.

Add your name now and demand Congress stand with the people being turned away — not with the administration shutting the door on them.

In solidarity,

Action Collective