Activism

They’re Organizing to Stop the Next Assault on Immigrant Families

Mark Kreidler / Capital & Main Feb 20, 2026 Community groups are pushing back on an impending HUD rule that would force undocumented immigrants from public housing, splitting families. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under New Trump Plan

Jesse Coburn / ProPublica Sep 29, 2025 Drafts of unpublished rules detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements among other restrictions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Housing, Nutrition in Peril as Trump Pulls Back Medicaid Social Services

Angela Hart / KFF Health News May 20, 2025 Health care experts warn the disinvestment will lead to higher health care costs, more suffering, and, ultimately, more death. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

Jesse Coburn, Andy Kroll / ProPublica Dec 24, 2024 As a Texas state legislator, Scott Turner voted against protections for poor tenants and called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Facebook Charged With Discrimination for Targeted Housing Ads

The Associated Press Mar 28, 2019 The U.S. housing agency says the platform lets advertisers exclude people based on gender, religion and immigration and parental status. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Administration Considering Major Civil Rights Law Changes: Report 

Ilana Novick Jan 3, 2019 It would make discrimination cases a lot harder to prove. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

State Attorneys General Urge HUD to Keep Rule Against Housing Discrimination

Emmanuel Martinez / Reveal Aug 29, 2018 Those in 16 states and the District of Columbia urge the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make no changes to an administrative rule that protects individuals from housing discrimination. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ben Carson to Gut Anti-Segregation Rule in New Attack on Fair Housing Act

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Aug 14, 2018 A former HUD attorney in the Obama administration warns that the consequences could prove devastating. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

HUD Plan Would Raise Rents for Poor by 20 Percent

JULIET LINDERMAN and LARRY FENN / The Associated Press Jun 7, 2018 Housing Secretary Ben Carson says his proposal would create a path toward self-sufficiency for millions of low-income households by pushing more people to find work. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Pentagon Can’t Account for $21 Trillion (That’s Not a Typo)

Lee Camp / Truthdig May 14, 2018 This amount of money could solve the entire planet's miseries, but the government blames its mystery spending on a "failure to correct system deficiencies." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Heartless Math of ‘Carsonomics’

Julian Vigo / Truthdig May 11, 2018 Less is not more with Ben Carson leading the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ben Carson Sued Over Delay of Anti-Segregation Rule

JULIET LINDERMAN / The Associated Press May 8, 2018 Advocacy groups say Donald Trump's housing secretary is stalling on implementing an Obama-era requirement that cities and counties receiving federal funds analyze housing data and submit plans to address segregation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )