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HUD official says executive order will prioritize U.S. residents for housing, reverses equal-access rule
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A HUD agency official said President Trump signed an executive order to "make housing affordable again," announcing measures to prioritize U.S. residents for HUD-funded housing, halt the Biden administration's equal access rule for shelters (applying service by sex at birth), and touted Opportunity Zones and agency savings.
A HUD agency official said President Trump signed an executive order "to make housing affordable again," announcing a set of policy shifts the department characterized as prioritizing U.S. residents for HUD-funded housing and easing regulations.
The official said the administration would "put Americans first," and stated, "No longer will Americans take a back seat to illegal aliens in HUD funded housing," adding the administration intends to end what the speaker called "illegal aliens receiving FHA backed loans on the taxpayers dying." The remarks were presented as changes in program priorities and eligibility enforcement.
The remarks also announced a halt to implementation of the Biden administration's "equal access rule" for shelters. "From now on, shelters and other HUD funded providers will offer services based on an individual's *** at birth, male or female," the official said, adding, "Men will no longer be allowed to share HUD funded shelters with women impacted by trauma, domestic abuse, and violence." The official framed this as a protection for survivors of abuse while rescinding the prior rule's guidance on shelter access.
On housing economics, the speaker credited Opportunity Zones with lifting "1,000,000 people out of poverty" and said the program had "spurred more than $89,000,000,000 in investment," describing the initiative as increasing home values and employment growth in targeted communities. The official also said HUD is "taking stock of more than 500,000,000 acres of federal lands" that could be used for affordable housing development and described new partnerships with "faith based and community organizations" to address homelessness and disaster recovery.
The speaker closed by saying HUD's "wins in the first 100 days speak for themselves," adding, "At HUD, we've saved taxpayers more than $2,700,000,000 and we're just getting started." These financial and programmatic figures were presented as evidence of early administration progress.
The remarks did not identify any specific regulatory timetable, notice-and-comment rulemaking steps, or dates when eligibility changes would take effect. Officials did not provide supporting documentation for the numeric claims during the remarks; the statements above are reported as assertions by the HUD speaker.
