The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has informed grantees and stakeholders that federal housing assistance will no longer be granted to illegal aliens or sanctuary cities.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner communicated this directive to stakeholders in a letter sent last week. It aligns with President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14218, “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders.”
“HUD’s contributions to housing and community development across the country serve some of America’s most vulnerable citizens on a path towards self-sufficiency,” Turner wrote. “To that end, the President’s Executive Order emphasizes that the federal resources distributed by HUD shall be primarily focused on benefiting American citizens and other qualified recipients, not illegal aliens.”
Turner said he recently directed HUD senior leadership to review its programs to ensure that HUD programs are compliant with the executive order. For example, going forward, grant agreements will include language that will require compliance with executive order. Further, the department will take steps to ensure that Federal resources are not used to support “sanctuary” policies of State and local jurisdictions that actively prevent federal authorities from deporting illegal aliens.
“I am excited to work with our grantees and other stakeholders to implement this Executive Order and enforce the law so that HUD programs are used for the benefit of the American people,” Turner wrote.