Jesse Coburn

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Jesse Coburn is a reporter for ProPublica, where he covers housing, transportation, cities, and infrastructure. Coburn’s reporting has received a George Polk Award, an IRE Award, a Sidney Award, a Deadline Club Award, and other distinctions.

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In an outdoor nature setting, a Black man sits in a field of grass and white flowers. The man is bald, has an extended goatee, and is looking to the left. He is wearing a blue and white long sleeve dress that is cut off at the ankles. One hand is resting in grass and the other on his lap.

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How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

May 15, 2025 | Jesse Coburn

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.”

An old white man (Donald Trump) looks on as a young Black man (Scott Turner) speaks at a lectern bearing the seal of the president of the U.S.

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Trump’s Pick to Lead HUD Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

January 8, 2025 | Jesse Coburn and Andy Kroll

As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family,” according to a recent ProPublica report.