The Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD) cancels $4 million diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) contract after the newly formed federal agency Doge task force revealed $260 million last week I will. News, Thursday.
“We're working hard and we're going to cut $4 million on a DEI-focused deal,” he said when he appeared on “Fox & Friends.”
“This is the money we should go to serve the American people… so Day here at HUD is dead.”
Chopping block's contracts were directed at “culture change and thinking, outward thinking and subscription services.”
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Scott Turner, Director of Urban Development, has launched the Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force to review how HUD spends US taxpayer dollars. (Getty)
Last week, Turner established a new one. Government Efficiency Bureau (Doge) Task Force to comply with President Donald Trump's executive orders to “maximise government efficiency and productivity” and “eliminate waste, fraud and abuse” at HUD.
Leading to Elon Musk, Doge said that as of last Friday, $1.9 billion in funds had been recovered “misguided” during the Biden administration, and “allocated to financial services management, but no longer needed.” ” he added.
Doge said they have partnered with Turner to release the funds and are now available for use by the Treasury Department.
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“These funds are to be used for management services that help the service run on HUD. If you don't use these funds, they won't just go to the next year. You should notify us. It's not happening that these funds were made available for other federal spending,” Turner said.
“This has been a major mismanagement and negligence from the Biden administration over the past few years.”
Three civil rights nonprofit organizations Filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration and eliminating federal grants perceived as “Dei,” including those managed by the HUD, “threatening their ability to advance civil rights causes at the core of their mission. “It claims.
Turner is one of the defendants listed in the suit.
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Dierdre Harvey of Fox News contributed to this report.
