The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has alerted nearly 500 employees that they will be laid off in December.
Bloomberg reports the termination notices were sent last week, with most of the layoffs based in HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, which is responsible for investigating discrimination and civil rights violations. Other HUD divisions impacted by the layoffs are the Office of Public and Indian Housing and the Office of Community Planning and Development.
The department did not make an official announcement of the layoffs and only offered a statement that declared it was “implementing a reduction in force to align our programs with the administration’s priorities and the appropriations available to the department.”
The layoffs followed a Sept. 24 memo from the Office of Management and Budget that mandated reduction-in-force procedures across federal agencies in the event of a government shutdown. Beginning on Oct. 10, approximately 4,000 federal employees have been laid off at agencies including the Departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Education plus the Environmental Protection Agency.
Clean the swamp!
That’s not the swamp, the swamp is in the White House now
No one voted for this. I am saddened every day by the cruelty and stupidity of this administration.
The last administration set it up, their funding expired, and now this one is just trying not to keep throwing money at it.
Uh huh! You think these jobs are lifetime appointments…
Yeah, a lot of people voted for this. Smaller government, less taxpayer funded government jobs that were simply created simply for the sake of job creation.
One party has now voted 8 times for this in just 2 weeks.
I voted for this – along with a resounding majority.
A little over 1/3 of eligible voters from 2024 is not a “resounding majority”, FYI.
So …… all those who voted for this….clearly it doesn’t affect your livelihood or you would not be so cavalier that your jobs were being eliminated. How do you think this will affect the economy if all these layoffs then put buying power at a stall? Layoffs and job elimination hurt every facet of our economy….but maybe you just don’t care because it’s their job, not yours?
I voted for this! The federal government’s bureaucracy is bloated and needs to be streamlined. We are at 37 Trillion in national debt. We need to cut jobs and programs a lot more too. The Department of Education needs to be downsized dramatically. The federal government needs a balanced budget. President Trump is moving in the right direction. With politics as it is he can’t move fast enough for people like me but regardless any cuts and the liberals swoon like the world is coming to an end.
I too voted for it!
Me too. This is exactly what I voted for.
Except as licensed real estate professionals you understand what HUD does. And the need for housing for lower income people. And I’m sure you understand that these 500 jobs represent such a small fraction of the budget. And that almost all the big money is spent on debt. 20%. And military ( more than the next 26 nations combined ) so to say I voted Torres is a tad embarrassing.
Not sure how HUD is helping you with your “lower income buyers” There are still FHA loans.. the case binders will still be insured.. loans will still be sold and serviced.. There are still FHA DE underwriters to underwrite to FHA guidelines.. By the way the underwriters are employed by your mortgage company/banks NOT HUD.. Laying off staff does not effect the FHA loan.. Does not affect buyers being able to get FHA financing.. and as a real estate agent, you don’t even deal with HUD… Lenders do.. As an agent you won’t be affected.. your buyers won’t be affected. Ask me how I know because I have my DE as an underwriter..
Yes, I understand that these 500 jobs represent such a small fraction of the budget. There are thousands of small parts that make up an unsustainable budget.
I too voted for it, so there Miss Anna Jackson!
I too voted for it!
Yes cut the department of education so our children become less and less educated and we slip further and further to the bottom of the list of countries with the best education. They have already proven that the states with the least education are the states that voted for this president. SMH
Like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin……..
Great job new administration!
Exactly what I voted for!
If he is doing this to cut the Federal debt, how do you explain wiping out the East Wing and building a stupid Ballroom?
Are you kidding? Government is not paying for this! Ignorant people just don’t get it.
These 2 and others just don’t get that fighting discrimination is not liberal, it is enforcing the law. You guys like law and order, right? Oh yeah, but only against people of color (whether or not they actually violated the law), not to help them.
This also happened under the Clinton Administration, with layoffs approaching 5,000
HUD is a joke but not a funny one! Finally!!!! There’s soooo much more fat….throughout this Bureaucracy
Cutting HUD doesn’t make the system leaner — it makes it crueler.
I work in real estate, and I see what happens when there’s no oversight: some landlords neglect, overcharge, and even intimidate tenants who have no way to fight back.
This isn’t about shrinking government; it’s about shrinking justice.
Real accountability protects both honest landlords and vulnerable tenants — that’s what actually keeps the market he
Calm down! The article did not say that they were eliminating HUD. It simply reported that 500 jobs were being cut. That’s 5% of the 10,000+ HUD jobs. Every little bit helps.
Sounds like you do mainly rentals not sales. HUD has had many foreclosures go on the market and I have seen them sit and rot empty for 5 to 10 years before being put up for sale, they have not been doing their job.
At least the article referred to them as “employees” and not “workers”.
This industry steals so much money and it supports its “ investors” not the average “ Joe”
Big bloated govt must go away..
Be free again..
No more red tape and nooses around the people’s necks..
We are creators.. if you loose your job ..
Make something, start your own biz..
Where there’s a will there’s a way!
I voted for this.. shrink ALL govt programs.. yet do better.. eliminate them all!
I voted for this!
Exactly
This is not making things better. HUD serves a purpose for home buyers. It insures fair housing. cutting these jobs will allow for housing discrimination and other unfair practices. the budget impact is almost immeasurable. This is similar to cutting the CFPB which actually saved or returned more money to the public than it cost to run it. this is only going to allow bad practices / bad actors to take advantage of the public. These agencies are for all Americans not one party over the other. There are lots of other places to cut fat from the budget.
Very well said.
I voted for this and more.
Very controversial subject. The sad part is that some good people get affected by this changes but we all know very well that too much government Bureaucracy means too much taxpayers waisted money and the savings still goes to the wrong places instead of building more affordable housing or educational programs.
You don’t need HUD! Close down the whole agency. Let the private sector handle mortgage insurance. Give the public housing units to their current occupants for free and terminate rental assistance. Think about it for a second. Prior to 1965 when HUD was formed, what did all of the families (Hud defines 1 person as a family) who needed a place to stay or assistance with their rent do? They relied on family, friends, non-profits or camped out. Instead of promoting the family, HUD programs undermine the family structure because you don’t need two parents or children to be a “family”.