Trump’s Record Disqualifies Him on Housing Rights

I am writing as a concerned constituent deeply troubled by recent reports detailing how, under the Trump administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) dismissed dozens of housing discrimination cases—some involving serious allegations such as racial bias, mold infestations, and environmental hazards that disproportionately affected communities of color. According to a July 2025 ProPublica investigation, these dismissals spiked dramatically during the Trump years, when his political appointees altered HUD’s enforcement priorities and shut down cases without proper review. This is a grave injustice. The Fair Housing Act exists to ensure that all Americans—regardless of race, religion, or income—have access to safe and equitable housing. For a former president with a documented personal history of violating this very law to preside over its dismantling is both hypocritical and unconscionable. Donald Trump and his father were infamously sued by the Justice Department in the 1970s for refusing to rent to Black tenants in New York. That case led to a consent decree acknowledging their wrongdoing. Decades later, we witnessed the same individual overseeing the rollback of protections meant to safeguard the very people he once excluded from his properties. That’s not reform. That’s regression. The ProPublica article also highlights how dozens of formal complaints—like those involving hazardous housing near landfills or discriminatory evictions—were simply dismissed without explanation under Trump’s watch. How can we trust someone with a known record of housing discrimination to decide which cases are "unworthy" of federal attention? This is not a partisan issue—it’s a human rights issue. Leaders who have violated civil rights statutes should not be entrusted with the power to nullify protections meant for the most vulnerable. I urge you and your colleagues in Congress to launch a full investigation into these dismissals and to pass legislation that strengthens HUD’s independence from political interference. Please stand up for fairness, accountability, and justice in housing. A person with a proven record of violating the Fair Housing Act should never be allowed to rewrite its enforcement policies to suit their own ideology.