Increased Danger for Unhoused Trans People as HUD Moves to Limit Equal Shelter Access
Having access to shelter based on your gender identity is still the law, but HUD won’t enforce it, and is working to remove that protection. The result may be an even greater rise in unsheltered homelessness.
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Photos: In Over a Dozen Cities, Housing Activists Connect HUD Cuts and Local Issues
We share images from six of the cities around the country where members of three national organizing networks took action on May 20 to protest cuts to federal housing funding and lift up local solutions.
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Poem: Art of Protest
Neighborhoods in many cities resist stadium development proposals. This poem reflects on a recent case in Philadelphia.
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How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Said one HUD attorney: “People are really being harmed by it.”
What’s Happened With Housing Since Trump Came Into Office
Our running list of major federal housing actions since Jan. 20.
Supreme Court Considers Landlord Appeal That Could Overturn Tenant Protections
A legal case claiming that COVID-era eviction moratoriums were unconstitutional could spell trouble for tenant protections
Blocked, Restored, Blocked Again—Housing Funds Are in Legal Limbo
Since Trump took office, the administration has blocked multiple affordable housing funding streams. Here’s a look at which funds have been frozen, which have been reinstated, and which are in the courts.
Trump’s First 100 Days: What’s Happened with Housing?
We’ve compiled a roundup of the major housing and community development–related actions and changes we’ve seen so far in Trump’s second term.
Art: “The Parade,” Works of Social Commentary by Philly-Based Spiral Q
Puppets, banners, and more—this Philly-based group helps organizations respond to social issues with art.
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