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HUD pulls participation from city fair-housing workshops; city seeks clarification
Summary
City staff said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has been instructed to stop participating in events it interprets as DEI-related; local fair-housing workshops will continue without HUD participation while the city seeks clarification.
City staff told the Bangor City Council that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has informed local HUD staff they should not participate in events the agency interprets as related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), prompting HUD to withdraw from planned fair-housing workshops.
Courtney Reynolds, filling in for the city manager, said Robyn Cineke had been organizing a series of trainings on reasonable accommodation, fair-housing training and landlord-tenant rights that included…
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