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🤝 🏘️ Building & supporting infrastructure for a powerful, grassroots-led movement to win safe, affordable, equitable housing for all.

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Evictions are a public health crisis. New research on Black mothers & pregnant women in Detroit suggests nearly half of their evictions happen illegally, with major health & safety impacts.

We need proactive enforcement, public education & on-demand legal help.
theconversation.com/black-moms-a...
Black moms and pregnant women forced out of their homes in metro Detroit face health and safety threats
Detroit had 20,370 eviction cases filed in 2025. But evictions that do not go through the formal court process are not included in the city’s official eviction data.
theconversation.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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The continuing violation theory of when injury occurs (across all manner of causes of action) is grounded in unambiguous Supreme Court
precedent. HUD has no authority to disregard it when deciding which administrative complaints to exercise jurisdiction over.
September 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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“All this does is provide a pass to the bad actors who decided not to follow the law and locked people with disabilities out of housing in the process.” @nikitrabailey.bsky.social, @natfairhouse.bsky.social
Fair housing construction accessibility complaints now have a deadline, HUD says
Accessibility claims related to multifamily building design and construction must be filed within one year of the initial certificate of occupancy, the new guidance says.
www.smartcitiesdive.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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“Reshuffling the structure...does little to address the damage caused by the decimation of the staff responsible for enforcing fair housing protections.”
–@nikitrabailey.bsky.social, @natfairhouse.bsky.social

🔗shelterforce.org/2026/09/16/hud-floated-then-pulled-a-reorganization-plan-will-it-return
Preview card for an article from Shelterforce (shelterforce.org), by Shelby R. King. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “HUD Floated Then Pulled a Reorganization Plan. Will It Return?”. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph: HUD Headquarters, Washington DC. Photo by Flickr user washingtonydc, Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. https://www.flickr.com/photos/washingtonydc/15693219525/
September 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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We need a government that takes our rights seriously & actually fights to defend them.
September 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Joe Lonsdale, billionaire co-founder of Palantir, has been shaping Trump's policies to arrest homeless people and throw them in detention camps because he "doesn't want to be 'bothered' by the poor who might be perturbed by the inequality he perpetuates." www.arcamax.com/politics/fro...
Billionaires Playing Cowboys ... At Our Expense
Let's all gather 'round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol' Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today's hardy, hard-working cowboys. Yes, those manly men who live free-spirited, yippy-ti-yi-yo,…
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September 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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“I really genuinely just want people to create permanently affordable publicly owned housing that’s available to more folks in the country.” https://shelterforce.org/2026/08/31/can-social-housing-deliver-los-angeles-and-seattle-pursue-two-distinct-paths/#0
Preview card for an article from Shelterforce (shelterforce.org), by Steve Dubb. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Can Social Housing Deliver? Los Angeles and Seattle Pursue Two Distinct Paths”. In recent years, Los Angeles and Seattle voters have approved major taxes to boost affordable housing using a “social housing” approach. The card is set over the article’s featured photograph: At a rally celebrating Measure ULA's second anniversary, Zella Knight, a ULA Citizen Oversight Committee member, speaks in front of affordable housing funded by ULA.
August 31, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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A judge has blocked HUD’s attempt to impose ‘anti-woke’ ideological litmus tests on #FairHousing grants, finding the agency “had not shown why such a major shift was necessary.”
Judge blocks Trump administration plan to restructure housing grants
A federal judge on Wednesday halted the Trump administration’s plan to overhaul a decades-old grant program targeting housing discrimination, siding with fair housing groups that argued the changes…
thehill.com
August 28, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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The federal government has built housing at scale before, and we can do it again.

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Christopher Serkin and Daniel J. Sharfstein. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “We Know How to Solve the Housing Crisis. We Just Have to Remember.”. Photo credit: Graphic: Xi Li / The New York Times. The text is shown over the article’s featured graphic: A black-and-white mosaic of images of homes that appear to be several decades old. The images appear to be taped together by bright green squares.
August 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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“He’s using the #homelessness crisis to deflect attention from the broken economic system that both causes homelessness and enables people like him to become billionaires in the first place,” - @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social, @homelesslaw.bsky.social
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Ellen Barry and Jason DeParle. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “How a Billionaire Shaped Trump’s Homelessness Policy”. Subhead: "A co-founder of Palantir, the data-mining firm, Mr. Lonsdale, 43, is an unlikely force in homelessness policy. Article description: "As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale." The card is set over the article’s featured image, which shows: Close-up photo of Joe Lonsdale, founder of the Cicero Institute
August 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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“He’s using the #homelessness crisis to deflect attention from the broken economic system that both causes homelessness and enables people like him to become billionaires in the first place,” - @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social, @homelesslaw.bsky.social
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Ellen Barry and Jason DeParle. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “How a Billionaire Shaped Trump’s Homelessness Policy”. Subhead: "A co-founder of Palantir, the data-mining firm, Mr. Lonsdale, 43, is an unlikely force in homelessness policy. Article description: "As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale." The card is set over the article’s featured image, which shows: Close-up photo of Joe Lonsdale, founder of the Cicero Institute
August 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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100% of the stats HUD Sec. Scott Turner invents are false.
X post by Scott Turner with a screencap of his appearance on CNN. Caption says: “75% of our homeless Americans are addicted to drugs. 78% suffer from mental illness. Providing a bed doesn’t address the root cause of homelessness. We must put Treatment First.”
August 18, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Great, informative statement from @dredf.bsky.social on HUD's so-called "Treatment First" toolkit. #HousingFirst works.

dredf.org/statement-co...
Preview card for an article from Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) (dredf.org), by Michelle Uzeta. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Housing Is the Treatment”. DREDF Condemns the Federal “Treatment First” Toolkit Taken together, these moves point in one direction: more disabled people institutionalized, more disabled people on the street, and fewer legal tools to do anything about it. The card is set a blurred, blue-tinted screenshot of the report's cover with the headline "best practices toolkit" visible at the top and federal agency logos at the bottom
August 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Great, informative statement from @dredf.bsky.social on HUD's so-called "Treatment First" toolkit. #HousingFirst works.

dredf.org/statement-co...
Preview card for an article from Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) (dredf.org), by Michelle Uzeta. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Housing Is the Treatment”. DREDF Condemns the Federal “Treatment First” Toolkit Taken together, these moves point in one direction: more disabled people institutionalized, more disabled people on the street, and fewer legal tools to do anything about it. The card is set a blurred, blue-tinted screenshot of the report's cover with the headline "best practices toolkit" visible at the top and federal agency logos at the bottom
August 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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feel like this might be a hatch act violation
August 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Trump's administration is trying to make it nearly impossible for regular people to get justice.

yahoo.com/news/us/articles/gap-federal-grant-money-threatens-211925857.html
Preview card for an article from Yahoo News (yahoo.com), by Jack Dura. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Gap in federal grant money threatens North Dakota’s only fair-housing organization”. The only fair-housing organization in North Dakota faces a grim outlook with the delay of a major federal grant. The Grand Forks-based High Plains Fair Housing Center has been in a funding gap for two... The card is set over the article’s featured photograph: "Michaela Ficek, a fair housing specialist for the High Plains Fair Housing Center, is pictured July 24, 2026, near apartment buildings and homes in Bismarck. She is at risk of being furloughed due to a gap in federal funding."
August 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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From our friends at the NAACP.

time.com/article/2026...
The Next Fight for Fair Housing Is Online
“The growing acceptance of private listing networks by powerful real estate interests signals a shift in how the market operates,” warns Derrick Johnson.
time.com
August 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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More of this.
🔗 governing.com/urban/new-jersey-bans-ai-driven-rent-setting
Preview card for an article from Governing (governing.com), by Jelani Gibson, NJ.com, TNS. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “New Jersey Bans AI-Driven Rent Setting”. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph: Gov. Mikie Sherrill signing a bill at a press conference with an SEIU sign and clapping hands beside her Jersey(Jelani Gibson/NJ.com/TNS)"
July 30, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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"One in five older adults is a renter...most of them are severely cost-burdened."

Don't you think we deserve better than this? https://shelterforce.org/2026/07/30/for-older-renters-the-housing-crisis-comes-with-higher-stakes/
Preview card for an article from Shelterforce (shelterforce.org), by Frances Nguyen. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “For Older Renters, the Housing Crisis Comes with Higher Stakes”. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph : "Members of Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) hold a press conference for a right to counsel ordinance. Photo courtesy of SAJE "
July 30, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Error-prone tenant screening reports can make or break whether a landlord accepts an applicant. Our Senior Fellow Emily Benfer's article for @evictionlab.bsky.social shows how states can hold screening companies accountable by sealing eviction filings: evictionlab.org/the-scarlet-...
A map of the U.S showing which states have protections against screening companies accessing potential tenant eviction filings. Most states have no protections; California and Colorado have protections from the start of filing; Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine have partial protections.
July 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Our new release, "The Hidden Heist," is a massive research project exposing how corporations have pushed state bans that block the things our communities need to thrive.

We traced their tactics across states, industries and decades—here's what we found👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/th...
The Hidden Heist
How Corporations Push State Bans to Keep Us Broke and Hijack Our Democracy
www.powerswitchaction.org
July 29, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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July 22, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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🤯 Trump’s HUD Inspector General nominee just refused to say if ANY president—going back to 1796—legitimately won election.

An IG’s job is to pursue the truth without fear.
Warren Releases Alarming Responses from Trump’s NCUA, HUD IG, CEA Nominees | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
www.banking.senate.gov
July 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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“These fair housing laws are on the books, but they don’t mean anything if there’s no one to enforce them.” nytimes.com/2026/07/23/realestate/fair-housing-lawsuit-funding-hud.html
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Elizabeth A. Harris. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “Fair Housing Groups Sue HUD Over Funding Changes”. Photo credit: Eric Lee/The New York Times. The text is shown over the article’s featured photograph: The Brutalist exterior of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development building.
July 23, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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"Rent-stabilized portfolios in or at risk of foreclosure give tenants outsized leverage to fight for the ownership of our homes.

"Rather than addressing distress through deregulation and rent hikes, organized tenants can chart a new course by taking these homes out of the private market for good."
July 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM