HUD Secretary Scott Turner Revokes Obama-Era Housing Rule On ‘Gender Identity’ Financial Protections

OAN Staff Brook Mallory
1:35pm – Friday, February 7th, 2025

Housing and Urban Development Secretary (HUD) Scott Turner has said that in relation to whether or not the agent responds to the “gender identity” of its agents, agents are no longer financing homeless shelters and other federally operated facilities. I declared that I wouldn't condition it. Their biological sex.

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On Thursday, Turner noted that the move was part of President Donald Trump's plan to “restore biological truths to the federal government.”

“I have directed HUD staff to suspend pending or future enforcement actions related to HUD's 2016 Equal Access Rules. Essentially, HUD-funded housing program, shelter , cites other facilities and links them to gender identity,” Turner told reporters.

“We are running a mission laid out by President Trump on January 20th, and he signed an executive order to restore biological truths to the federal government,” he added. .

“This means realizing that there are only two genders, male and female. It's time to remove all the left and right gender ideologies.”

In 2016, HUD issued rules under then President Barack Obama, who had “equal access” to homeless shelters and other federally funded agencies, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. The law essentially allowed trans people to fund only facilities that seek their services, particularly those of unity or gender. The law also forced biological women to live in unpleasant situations by requiring them to share shelter space with unpleasant men of their gender identified as transgender women. Post.

In this example, it occurred after nine women in California filed a lawsuit against a women's shelter in Fresno in 2018. The woman accused the shelter of forcing her to “shower with a biological man identified as a woman.”

Nevertheless, proponents of the previous rules argue that it is important to the LGBTQ community. This is because it eliminated discrimination against trans individuals who have been turned away from other shelters.

In his first week of office, President Trump signed many enforcement acts that declared Americans “male or female” because of “unchanging biological classifications.”

The administration's directive aims to protect women-only spaces, such as women's locker rooms and toilets, but science has well documented the physical benefits of male adolescents. Protects women's sports from male inclusion.

Because many faith-based organizations run emergency shelters for the homeless, Obama's requirements are to ensure that HUD fund beneficiaries are not forced to violate their religious beliefs. It was abolished under the first Trump administration.

45 when transgender people leave shelter in strict gender rooms;^th and 47^th The president also required that they be given alternative shelter options that could accommodate them despite LGBTQ activities that Trump claims to dislike their community.

At a press conference on Thursday, the recently confirmed HUD head said Trump officials are “maximizing” the efficiency of the department as they are currently “working on the Doge task force.”

“There's more going forward, but as I said before, we'll take stock of all HUD's programs and ensure that every dollar that comes out the door will advance HUD's mission. He said Ta.

After being confirmed with the Senate in a bipartisan vote the day before, Turner went straight to work at HUD headquarters on Thursday to announce the changes to the rules.