1. United States
2. Iowa
3. Letter

URGENT: Disabled Americans Are Being Evicted by Executive Fiat — Act Now Disabled Americans — including veterans with PTSD — are being thrown out of their homes by executive fiat. I am writing to demand that you stop it. On May 22, 2026, the Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development issued an internal memo that, effective immediately, stripped federal housing protections from disabled tenants who rely on Emotional Support Animals. With a single unsigned policy document — no act of Congress, no court ruling, no public input — the administration erased nearly two decades of Fair Housing Act protections that allowed people with mental health conditions, neurological disorders, PTSD, and other disabilities to keep the animals that make independent living possible. Thousands of disabled Americans now face eviction. Many are veterans. Many are people with severe anxiety, depression, or trauma who cannot function without their support animal. They are being told to replace that animal with a formally trained service animal — a process that can cost tens of thousands of dollars and take years. For most of these people, that is not a solution. It is a death sentence for their housing stability. This is an illegal end-run around Congress. The Fair Housing Act has not changed. No court has ordered this. HUD has simply chosen to stop enforcing the law for one of the most vulnerable groups in America — and then quietly deleted its own assistance animals guidance page from its website, as if hoping no one would notice. History will record whether you stood with disabled Americans or with the landlords who want them gone. I am asking you to be on the right side of that record by taking the following actions immediately: 1. Investigate this memo — demand full transparency about who ordered this change, why, and who benefits. 2. Demand HUD reverse it — this guidance must be rescinded and prior protections restored without delay. 3. Legislate a permanent fix — introduce or co-sponsor legislation that codifies Emotional Support Animal housing protections into federal law so no administration can erase them with a memo. 4. Hold public hearings — this is part of a broader pattern of stripping protections from disabled Americans that demands congressional scrutiny. Disabled Americans are our neighbors, our veterans, and our family members. They are not a bargaining chip for landlord interests. They deserve the full protection of the law. Silence on this is a vote against the disabled Americans you were elected to serve.