Black Americans are saddled with an overwhelming majority of the nation’s $1.7 trillion student debt — and according to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge, that debt is one of the key factors preventing Black Americans from buying and owning their own home. Business Insider’s Ayelet…
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Housing Discrimination Against LGBTQ Individuals Now Officially Illegal in the United States
In a historic first, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has confirmed that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans will now be protected against housing discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. “In other words: it’s [now] illegal to deny someone housing for being LGBTQ,” said Nick Seip…
HUD Awards Millions to Provide Affordable Housing for People with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week announced that it would disperse $131.3 million to local public housing authorities across the country to provide affordable housing to non-elderly people with disabilities. The plan was unveiled during HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s trip to Detroit, where his agency…
Ben Carson Facing Calls for Resignation After Offensive Comments About Transgender People
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson has faced significant backlash after he made denigrating comments about transgender people at a staff meeting on Tuesday in San Francisco. Democrats have also called for Carson’s resignation since The Washington Post reported it. In his speech, Carson said that “big, hairy…
HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s ‘Oreo’ Testimony Goes Viral
If anyone still thinks that Ben Carson is qualified to run the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), here is a reminder that he is not. During the House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday when California Rep. Katie Porter asked him about the meaning of the acronym “REO,”…
Ben Carson Says He’s Leaving HUD After 2020 Election
America’s most controversial neurosurgeon, Ben Carson, claims he will be stepping down from his position as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after this presidential term. This will mean President Trump’s only Black cabinet member will be exiting the White House in 2020. Carson’s tenure has been riddled…
Landlords Can Use Facebook to Discriminate Against Black People, Violates Fair Housing Act
Along with Facebook allowing Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, the social media company has created a space for property owners to discriminate against people of color, and the federal government had to step in. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed a new…
Reason 1,000 Why Ben Carson Gets a Side Eye HUD Is Being Sued by Civil Rights Groups
President Donald Trump appointed Ben Carson secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) without any prior experience except that Carson “grew up in an inner city.” Now Carson is leaving the door wide open for housing discrimination. Civil rights groups, including the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA),…
Ben Carson's HUD to Scrub Anti-Discrimination Language from Mission Statement
A year after beginning his position of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary,Ben Carsonhasdecided that it’s time to update the agency’s mission statement and remove words and phrases like “inclusion” and “free from discrimination.” The agency confirmed on Wednesday that a leaked draft of the new mission statement reads: “HUD’s…
Trump Official Calls April Ryan 'Miss Piggy'
Lynne Patton, former aide to Eric Trump turned United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official, has followed the lead of President Donald Trump in using Twitter to bash people especially journalists. Patton instigated a Twitter feud with veteran journalist April Ryan, calling her “Miss Piggy.” The head of HUD’s…