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🤝 🏘️ Building & supporting infrastructure for a powerful, grassroots-led movement to win safe, affordable, equitable housing for all. 🔗 linkin.bio/aforhj

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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 25/09/2026
“The fastest-growing group of people experiencing homelessness is those aged 65 and older, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.” www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/aging-…
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 22/09/2026
This story is a great reminder that winning tenant protections is just part of the fight. Renters need the lasting organization, legal support & enforcement power to ensure those rights truly come into effect. 🔗 inthesetimes.com/article/kingston-rent-tenants-landlords-organizing-housing-dispatch
Preview card for an article from In These Times (inthesetimes.com), by Thomas Birmingham. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Kingston’s Quiet Rent Revolution”. Landlords have spent years ignoring a historic rent reduction. Now, tenants are organizing to get their money back. The card is set over the article’s featured photograph by Thomas Birmingham: June Nemon (left), a lead organizer with the new Hudson Valley Tenants Union, celebrates with fellow leaders at the group’s public launch on May 27. “
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 16/09/2026
“Reshuffling the structure...does little to address the damage caused by the decimation of the staff responsible for enforcing fair housing protections.” –@nikitrabailey.bsky.social, @natfairhouse.bsky.social 🔗shelterforce.org/2026/09/16/hud-floated-then-pulled-a-reorganization-plan-will-it-return
Preview card for an article from Shelterforce (shelterforce.org), by Shelby R. King. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “HUD Floated Then Pulled a Reorganization Plan. Will It Return?”. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph: HUD Headquarters, Washington DC. Photo by Flickr user washingtonydc, Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/washingtonydc/15693219525/
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 31/08/2026
“I really genuinely just want people to create permanently affordable publicly owned housing that’s available to more folks in the country.” shelterforce.org/2026/08/31/can-soc…
Preview card for an article from Shelterforce (shelterforce.org), by Steve Dubb. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Can Social Housing Deliver? Los Angeles and Seattle Pursue Two Distinct Paths”. In recent years, Los Angeles and Seattle voters have approved major taxes to boost affordable housing using a “social housing” approach. The card is set over the article’s featured photograph: At a rally celebrating Measure ULA's second anniversary, Zella Knight, a ULA Citizen Oversight Committee member, speaks in front of affordable housing funded by ULA.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 26/08/2026
The federal government has built housing at scale before, and we can do it again. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Christopher Serkin and Daniel J. Sharfstein. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “We Know How to Solve the Housing Crisis. We Just Have to Remember.”. Photo credit: Graphic: Xi Li / The New York Times. The text is shown over the article’s featured graphic: A black-and-white mosaic of images of homes that appear to be several decades old. The images appear to be taped together by bright green squares.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 25/08/2026
“He’s using the #homelessness crisis to deflect attention from the broken economic system that both causes homelessness and enables people like him to become billionaires in the first place,” - @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social, @homelesslaw.bsky.social
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Ellen Barry and Jason DeParle. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “How a Billionaire Shaped Trump’s Homelessness Policy”. Subhead: "A co-founder of Palantir, the data-mining firm, Mr. Lonsdale, 43, is an unlikely force in homelessness policy.
 Article description: "As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale."  The card is set over the article’s featured image, which shows: Close-up photo of Joe Lonsdale, founder of the Cicero Institute
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 18/08/2026
100% of the stats HUD Sec. Scott Turner invents are false.
X post by Scott Turner with a screencap of his appearance on CNN. Caption says: “75% of our homeless Americans are addicted to drugs.

78% suffer from mental illness.

Providing a bed doesn’t address the root cause of homelessness.

We must put Treatment First.”
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 14/08/2026
Great, informative statement from @dredf.bsky.social on HUD's so-called "Treatment First" toolkit. #HousingFirst works. dredf.org/statement-co...
Preview card for an article from Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) (dredf.org), by Michelle Uzeta. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Housing Is the Treatment”. DREDF Condemns the Federal “Treatment First” Toolkit Taken together, these moves point in one direction: more disabled people institutionalized, more disabled people on the street, and fewer legal tools to do anything about it. The card is set a blurred, blue-tinted screenshot of the report's cover with the headline "best practices toolkit" visible at the top and federal agency logos at the bottom
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 13/08/2026
feel like this might be a hatch act violation
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 06/08/2026
Trump's administration is trying to make it nearly impossible for regular people to get justice. yahoo.com/news/us/articles/gap-federal-grant-money-threatens-211925857.html
Preview card for an article from Yahoo News (yahoo.com), by Jack Dura. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Gap in federal grant money threatens North Dakota’s only fair-housing organization”. The only fair-housing organization in North Dakota faces a grim outlook with the delay of a major federal grant. The Grand Forks-based High Plains Fair Housing Center has been in a funding gap for two... The card is set over the article’s featured photograph: "Michaela Ficek, a fair housing specialist for the High Plains Fair Housing Center, is pictured July 24, 2026, near apartment buildings and homes in Bismarck. She is at risk of being furloughed due to a gap in federal funding."
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 31/07/2026
More of this. 🔗 governing.com/urban/new-jersey-bans-ai-driven-rent-setting
Preview card for an article from Governing (governing.com), by Jelani Gibson, NJ.com, TNS. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “New Jersey Bans AI-Driven Rent Setting”. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph: Gov. Mikie Sherrill  signing a bill at a press conference with an SEIU sign and clapping hands beside her Jersey(Jelani Gibson/NJ.com/TNS)"
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 30/07/2026
"One in five older adults is a renter...most of them are severely cost-burdened." Don't you think we deserve better than this? shelterforce.org/2026/07/30/for-old…
Preview card for an article from Shelterforce (shelterforce.org), by Frances Nguyen. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “For Older Renters, the Housing Crisis Comes with Higher Stakes”. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph : "Members of Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) hold a press conference for a right to counsel ordinance. Photo courtesy of SAJE
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 24/07/2026
“These fair housing laws are on the books, but they don’t mean anything if there’s no one to enforce them.” nytimes.com/2026/07/23/realestate/fair-housing-lawsuit-funding-hud.html
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Elizabeth A. Harris. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Fair Housing Groups Sue HUD Over Funding Changes”. Photo credit: Eric Lee/The New York Times. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph:  The Brutalist exterior of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development building.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 16/07/2026
“Greystar has been committing mass civil rights violations at a scale unlike anything our organization has ever seen,” said Aaron Carr, executive director of Housing Rights Initiative. nytimes.com/2026/07/14/realestate/greystar-fair-housing-complaints.html
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Elizabeth A. Harris. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Largest Landlord in the U.S. Accused of Widespread Fair Housing Violations”. Photo credit: Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun, via Tribune News Service, via Getty Images. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph, An apartment building with a white facade.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 16/07/2026
“It's concerning that the government is shielding records about how it uses AI in policymaking,” says Dan McGrath @democracyforward.org. 🔗 wired.com/story/doge-deployed-ai-housing-policy/
Preview card for an article from WIRED (wired.com), by Vittoria Elliott. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How”. In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist. The card is set over the article’s featured photograph of the HUD building in DC
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 14/07/2026
"Every tenant deserves a rent freeze & more" ⤵️ thenation.com/article/activism/new-york-rent-freeze-analysis-next-steps/
Preview card for an article from The Nation (thenation.com), by Sumathy Kumar and Tracy Rosenthal. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “New Yorkers Won a Rent Freeze. But We Can’t Stop There.”. There is so much more to be done to seize power from landlords and real estate directly. The card is set over the article’s featured photograph:" Attendees react during a vote by the Rent Guidelines Board in New York, on Thursday, June 25, 2026.(Adam Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images)"
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 10/07/2026
Trump's HUD seems to constantly be looking for new ways to make it harder to help everyday people. We deserve better.
Preview card for an article from Shelterforce (shelterforce.org), by Amber Banks. Headline: “How HUD Is Seeking to Make Fighting Housing Discrimination Even Harder”. HUD’s proposal to eliminate the use of disparate impact analysis will remove another crucial tool for enforcing fair housing law. The card is set over the article’s featured photograph captioned: "A fair housing protest in Seattle, Washington, in 1964. Photo via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0"
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 10/07/2026
"Many families & individuals could face homelessness as a result."
Preview card for an article from Shelterforce (shelterforce.org), by Erik Gartland. Headline: “HUD’s Work Requirement and Time Limit Proposals Put Rental Assistance at Risk”. A HUD rule that would allow housing agencies and subsidized housing owners to impose work requirements and time limits has drawn opposition. The card is set over the article’s featured photograph: "A young family meets with an outreach specialist at the San Antonio Food Bank Outreach Office to discuss federal programs and benefits, such as Medicaid and SNAP, that could help address their needs in the wake of a fire that destroyed their rental apartment. Photo by the U.S. Department of Agriculture via Flickr, CC BY 2.0"
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 08/07/2026
"This approach only illustrates how little elected officials understand the determination of our communities." prismreports.org/2026/07/06/hud-mixed-status-families-housing/
Preview card for an article from PRISM (prismreports.org), by David Arias. Headline: “HUD’s efforts to end housing support for mixed-status families will ruin lives”. Federally assisted housing provides stability to many families, but HUD’s proposed rule will ingrain discriminatory policies and make immigrants more economically vulnerable The card is set over the article’s featured photograph of Sec. Scott Turner at the presidential podium
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 27/06/2026
Pretty sure a house changes homeless peoples’ circumstances…???
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 23/06/2026
“Only 60% of programs that are currently receiving funding will be renewed for 2027" gothamist.com/news/trump-admin-want…
Preview card of Gothamist article with headline: "Trump admin wants 'self-sufficiency,' but funding cuts could make NYers homeless again" By Karen Yi. Subhead: "HUD overhauled the way it funds the nation’s largest homeless prevention program, putting 2,800 New Yorkers at risk of losing housing."
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 27/05/2026
Every week it’s something new: immigrants, unhoused people, LGBTQ people, disabled tenants. Trump's HUD seems more interested in taking things away from everyday people than ensuring we have safe, affordable housing.
Screenshot of NYT article. Headline: 'HUD Moves to Limit Assistance Animals for Disabled Tenants.' Subhead: 'Housing officials were told to exclude emotional support animals and tighten the definition of a service animal when granting accommodations for disabled tenants.' Photo shows a small black-and-white service dog in a vest on a leash. Caption: 'A service dog at the 2023 Veterans Day parade in Nashville. Jason Kempin/Getty Images'
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 22/04/2026
🚨 Comment period closes in ~40 minutes! Submit a comment before 11:59pm ET / 8:59pm PT! Use our handy comment draft generator ⤵️ allianceforhousingjustice.org/comment-tool
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 30/03/2026
🚨TODAY: Trump's planning a mass eviction of immigrants in public housing & section 8. We're fighting back. RSVP ▶️ bit.ly/kft-webinar-ahj
Event flyer for Alliance for Housing Justice #KeepFamiliesTogether Virtual Teach-In on Monday, March 30th at 12:30 PT / 2:30 CT / 3:30 ET. RSVP at bit.ly/kft-webinar-ohi. Photo shows a multigenerational family standing together outdoors.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 27/03/2026
Come Monday to fight the Trump admin's latest attempt to terrorize immigrants through housing policy ⤵️ RSVP ▶️ bit.ly/kft-webinar-ahj
Alliance for Housing Justice virtual teach-in flyer. #KeepFamiliesTogether in orange text. Monday, March 30th, 12:30 PT / 2:30 CT / 3:30 ET. RSVP: www.bit.ly/kft-events. Photo of multigenerational family with protest sign.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 19/03/2026
When the only person you care about is yourself, not a shock that you miss what everyone else cares about.
Screenshot of news article with headline 'Trump Allegedly Told GOP Leader "No One Gives a [Bleep] About Housing"' and subheading 'A new report reveals how President Trump is prioritizing his culture war above all else.' Photo shows Trump in a dark suit and red tie speaking, with others partially visible beside him. Photo credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/GETTY IMAGES
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 07/03/2026
that's one issue!
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 07/03/2026
Here is an archive of their 2026 SOTU page featuring an armed HUD officer (?) deciding that the darker-skinned individual does not qualify for assistance: web.archive.org/web/20260225...
Racist HUD mixed status graphic described in above post
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 07/03/2026
HUD has deleted all posts containing this graphic...
"Screenshot of archived X post from Hud: caption: "HUD will enforce the law and ensure 100% of individuals living in HUD-funded housing are citizens or including. HUD's proposed rule will require all residents in public housing, including 'mixed status households' to provide proof of citizenship or eligible immigration status." Below is a graphic with red checkmarks showing HUD's PROPOSED STATUS: LOOPHOLE EXPLOITED BY ILLEGALS, INCLUDES, AND ENDANGERS, with illustration of HUD officer facing four people, three with checkmarks and one darker-skinned person with an X mark above his head. Engagement shows 198 likes, 37 retweets, 25 replies, 1 quote."
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 06/03/2026
"This policy doesn't solve a problem, it creates one, as 6,800 people are at risk of being ripped out of their homes here in Los Angeles alone" -@hugoforcd13.bsky.social
Screenshot of CBS LA article. Local News section. Headline: Los Angeles leaders bring attention to HUD proposal to end housing assistance for mixed immigration status households. By Julie Sharp, March 3, 2026 / 1:37 PM PST / CBS LA. Blue CBS LA logo visible.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 02/03/2026
🚨 Today the Trump's HUD published another proposed rule meant to make it harder for everyday people to survive the housing crisis.
A grayscale graphic shows Donald Trump standing behind a lectern with the seal “PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,” while HUD Secretary Scott Turner stands at a microphone at the right, speaking; large white text overlays the lower half of the image with a teal label above it that reads “AHJ STATEMENT,” followed by the headline in stacked lines: “Trump Threatens Millions of Families  with Red Tape Evictions,” with a small boxed logo at bottom left that reads “Alliance for Housing Justice” and a right-pointing arrow icon at bottom right.Screenshot of a statement document over a blurred grayscale background photo of two men at a podium and microphones; a large white page sits centered with the “Alliance for Housing Justice” logo at top right, and the visible text reads: ““STATEMENT: Trump Threatens Millions of Families with Red Tape Evictions”, full statement linked in caption
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 27/02/2026
"Restoring dignity" by making people homeless? HUD with yet another rule meant to make surviving the housing crisis more difficult for everyday people.
X post from the Department of Housing and Urban Development featuring a screenshot of a website with a statement that reads "Secretary Scott Turner Moved to Restore Self-Sufficiency and Dignity to Those Living in Public Housing". The post's caption says: "RESTORE SELF-SUFFICIENCY

@SecretaryTurner
 announced a new proposed rule to provide all public housing authorities and Section 8 project-based rental assistance owners flexibility to implement work requirements and time limits for non-elderly, non-disabled work-capable adults in HUD-funded housing."
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 25/02/2026
The Trump administration wants to evict thousands of children. Help stop them ➡️ actionnetwork.org/letters/keep-families-together-26?source=bsky
Blue tinted photo of hud secretary Scott Turner and Trump behind text: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION wants to evict thousands of children - you can stop them - bit.ly/mixedstatus
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 20/02/2026
🚨 STATEMENT on HUD’s #MixedStatus Proposal: Cruel, Costly & Counterproductive The administration is trying to blame immigrants for Trump's failure to address the housing crisis 🔽
Large Text: "Statement: HUD’s New Mixed Status Proposal is Cruel, Costly & Counterproductive." over a bluish-gray tinted photo background showing Donald Trump and HUD Secretary Scott Turner at a meeting table. Alliance for Housing Justice on the bottom-right.Screenshot of a statement by Alliance for Housing Justice over a background photo of donald trump and hud secretary scott turner. Full text is linked to in the next post.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 26/01/2026
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Instagram post by @hudgov featuring an AI imahe Donald Trump and a penguin holding a US flag walking away from the camera in the snow, toward single family homes. Caption says “Greenland + Home = Homeland” 

Repost Icon shows repost from HUD Secretary Scott Turner
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 13/01/2026
Today, while trying to deflect the Trump admin’s housing failures onto immigrants, HUD Sec. Scott Turner claimed that 100% of renters are undocumented?
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 18/12/2025
In this scene, Jon Hamm's character is a disgraced hedge fund manager & serial burglar on a bender while facing murder charges.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 03/12/2025
Aside from how obviously despicable this is coming from our HUD Secretary, they are talking about an average savings of $18.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 03/12/2025
Trump’s HUD is pushing an anti-immigrant rule that would tear families apart & drive up homelessness. But we can fight it: REGISTER 🔗 bit.ly/mixed-status-teach-in
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Flyer with bold text: Keep families together in HUD housing. Text: "Trump wants to evict immigrant families... We will not allow this!..." Event: Wed Dec 3, 2025, 7–8pm EST, 4–5pm PST. Virtual teach-in RSVP bit.ly/3KiWWiH. Logos: NHLP, AHJ, POWER. Blue house, figures, stars.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 13/11/2025
Their 50-year mortgage plan bombed & they won’t build housing or touch Wall Street landlords, so they’re hoping you blame your high rent on immigrants.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 08/11/2025
More info for HUD/USDA tenants from @nhlp.bsky.social: 🔗 nhlp.org/resources/do-you-live-in-hud-or-usda-housing-know-your-rights-during-the-government-shutdown/
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 08/11/2025
🏛️⚠️ #Shutdown: what renters need to know + how Trump's HUD is dropping the ball!
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 31/10/2025
Since when does Sec. Turner care about delayed maintenance? He just fired HUD's entire building inspection team.
Screenshot of an X post from Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) posted on Oct 30:
“For nearly a month, the Left has held our government hostage.
Here’s the status of vital HUD programs:”

Embedded media: a video still of Scott Turner speaking in front of the U.S. Capitol dome. A subtitle bar at the bottom reads: “for families in need, including delayed maintenance and buildings in winter months.”
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 23/10/2025
“The alleged efforts by HUD leadership to dismantle decades of progress are shameful, betray the American public & represent a profound abuse of taxpayer dollars” 🔗 notus.org/housing/layoffs-housing-urban-development-fair-housing-office
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 21/10/2025
CHA says the terms contradict HUD's own regulations, like the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) rule mandating emergency housing plans for sexual assault & domestic violence victims. chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/16/chicago-housing-authority-sues-hud-over-new-anti-dei-grant-requirements
Image description: Screenshot — WBEZ article by Violet Miller and Esther Yoon-Ji Kang, published Oct 17, 2025, 3:02pm CDT: Headline: “Chicago Housing Authority sues HUD over new anti-DEI grant requirements.” Subhead: “The city agency, which provides subsidized housing to low-income individuals, is seeking a temporary restraining order in the case to halt the implementation of the new grant prerequisites.” Byline: “By Violet Miller and Esther Yoon-Ji Kang | WBEZ.” Section tags at top: “HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT,” “CHICAGO,” “WASHINGTON.” Featured photo (one sentence): A brushed-metal wall shows the Chicago Housing Authority logo of five vertical bars above the large letters “CHA.”
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 14/10/2025
The 2nd Monday of every October is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, because we celebrate survival, resistance, and a future beyond white supremacist systems and myths.
A vertical digital graphic with a soft gradient sky shifting from deep blue-violet at the top to pink-peach at the bottom; centered text reads “Today we observe” above large outlined lettering “INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY,” followed by the italic line “Honoring Indigenous culture, history, and resistance.”; in the bottom-right corner, a small white stacked logo within a thin house outline reads “Alliance for Housing Justice.”
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 13/10/2025
"The largest cuts were concentrated...the division that investigates claims of discrimination & abuse."
Screenshot of an online news article from CityLab (author and date not visible): “HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts.” “Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.” Featured photo: The curved facade of HUD’s Robert C. Weaver Federal Building with a round entrance canopy, as a person walks beneath it.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 13/10/2025
Great. federal workers deserve housing security while we wait for our politicians to get it together. whec.com/top-news/senate-bill-aims-to-protect-federal-workers-from-eviction-during-a-government-shutdown/
Image of the United States Capitol Building under a clear sky. Accompanying a news article titled 'Senate bill aims to protect federal workers from eviction during government shutdown' by Evan Bourtis News10NBC, published on October 10, 2025.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 03/10/2025
We need Secretary Turner to take his job seriously.
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 02/10/2025
Looking for real info on what the shutdown means if you rely on HUD? @nhlp.bsky.social’s got you 🔽 nhlp.org/govshutdown
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