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Analysis: ROAD to Housing Act could take years to implement

HUD is tasked with implementing nine new rules as part of the ROAD to Housing Act — while operating with a significantly reduced staff.

August 10, 2026 - Smart Cities Dive

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How HUD is dismantling fair housing enforcement

Fair housing law has never been easy to enforce. But HUD's proposal to eliminate the use of disparate impact analysis will remove another crucial tool for doing so.

July 15, 2026 - Shelterforce Magazine

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New HUD rule would remove gender from housing protections

The proposal in the federal registry would replace “gender” and “gender identity” with “sex” as defined by Trump’s January, 2025 executive order.

April 30, 2026 - HousingWire

Unhoused people camped in front of brick building with "Employment Access Center" sign in Portland, Oregon.

Judge: HUD acted illegally in changing homelessness grant rules

A Rhode Island judge struck down 'partisan' Trump restrictions on Continuum of Care Build grants.

April 14, 2026 - The Brown Daily Herald

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Judge Blocks HUD Changes to Key Homelessness Grant Program

The Continuum of Care Program, the federal government’s biggest pool of funds for housing homeless people, will continue with its original funding plan — pending a final decision from the courts.

February 10, 2026 - Shelterforce Magazine

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HUD Investigating Boston for “Redlining Against White People”

The agency says the city is breaking the law by prioritizing people of color in its affordable housing strategy.

December 14, 2025 - Mother Jones

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HUD Whistleblowers: Agency is ‘Systematically Undermining’ Fair Housing Laws

HUD employees say the agency has decimated the Office of Fair Housing, reducing staff by 70 percent, and forced a gag order that prevents them from effectively enforcing fair housing and civil rights laws.

September 26, 2025 - Smart Cities Dive

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Housing Groups Sue HUD Over “Unconstitutional and Unlawful” Grant Requirements

The lawsuit claims HUD cannot restrict funding based on political alignment that is out of the control of housing agencies.

September 16, 2025 - Smart Cities Dive

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Judge Blocks Anti-DEI Rules for Transportation, Housing Grants

A second injunction blocks the Trump administration from enforcing new regulations for federal funding.

June 11, 2025 - The Seattle Times

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Trump's “Able Bodied” Public Housing Limits Could Displace Over 300,000 New Yorkers

As part of 43% cut to federal rental assistance, Trump is proposing a two-year limit on public housing tenure for “able bodied adults.”

June 2, 2025 - The City

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$5 Billion Rental Assistance Fund Set to Run Out of Cash

“No additional funding from HUD will be forthcoming,” HUD announces.

March 20, 2025 - News From the States

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The YIGBY Movement: Unlocking Church-Owned Land for Affordable Housing

As the housing crisis deepens, interest in faith-based development is spreading across the country. How do YIGBY zoning laws work, where are they being implemented or introduced, and what could it mean for communities and churches?

March 18, 2025 - Shelterforce Magazine

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What Makes Rent ‘Fair’

Should monthly charges be pegged to the cost of financing, developing, and operating housing, or to household income? Or are there other ways to design how rent is calculated?

March 18, 2025 - Shelterforce Magazine

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Federal Resilience Program a Lifeline for Affordable Housing Providers

The little-known Green and Resilient Retrofit Program funds upgrades and repairs that improve efficiency and comfort in existing housing stock.

December 6, 2024 - Next City

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Will This Resident Group Get Full Control of the Complex They Helped Fix?

A group of Cambodian immigrants took partial control of an affordable housing property in the 90s, and since then, they’ve made big changes to the complex. But they haven’t been able to get full legal control of the property for decades. Why?

August 15, 2024 - Shelterforce Magazine

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HUD Proposes Updates to HOME Grant Program

The agency’s proposal would streamline and modernize its largest affordable housing grant program, which will award $1.3 billion in FY 2024.

May 16, 2024 - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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HUD Issues New Flood Protection Rules

Housing that uses federal funding will be subject to stricter regulations that reflect increasing flood risks.

May 2, 2024 - Smart Cities Dive

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HUD Resiliency Awards Target Affordable Multifamily Housing

The Green and Resilient Retrofit program aims to reduce vulnerability to climate challenges and improve energy efficiency in multifamily buildings.

December 31, 2023 - Housing Wire

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HUD: Homelessness Up by 12 Percent

The agency’s annual point-in-time count identified over 650,000 Americans living without permanent housing.

December 20, 2023 - Big Country News

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HUD Proposes Making Pandemic Eviction Protections Permanent

The proposed rule would apply to residents of multifamily housing supported by federal rental assistance.

December 7, 2023 - McKnight Senior Living

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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