Democratic AGs sue HUD over anti-discrimination enforcement roll back
Source: Politico
03/16/2026 03:19 PM EDT
Sixteen Democratic attorneys general from California, Illinois, the District of Columbia and other states are suing the Department of Housing and Urban Development for restricting anti-discrimination enforcement.
The Trump administration released a memo last year limiting the types of fair housing claims that state agencies receiving HUD funding can pursue. The blue state attorneys general announced Monday they will file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California arguing that guidance violated procedural requirements and the Constitution.
“HUD is attempting to impose vague, ideologically motivated and unlawful conditions on program funding,” Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a press conference Monday. “If these actions are left unchallenged, discrimination in housing is almost certain to increase.”
The HUD guidance to state agencies reflects an administration-wide effort to pull back on anti-discrimination regulations that some Republicans and industry advocates consider overly zealous.
HUD did not immediately return request for comment.
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Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/01%20Illinois%20v.%20HUD.Complaint.pdf