The Nation - In 1973, Donald Trump and his slumlord father were sued by the Department of Justice for racial discrimination, in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The suit was based on evidence from civil rights testers working for the New York City Human Rights Division. Essentially, Black people were told that there were no units available to rent in Trump-owned buildings, while white people were offered them. Trump countersued the DOJ (establishing a pattern he uses to this day), and eventually the case was settled with no admission of guilt from the Trump family...
An explosive report from The New York Times reveals that the Trump administration has been quietly gutting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Whistleblowers from the Department of Housing and Urban Development report that Trump’s political appointees have made it “nearly impossible for them to do their jobs” of investigating violations of the FHA, and prosecuting racists.
The numbers back up the whistleblowers’ claims. The Tim reports that HUD has seen a 65 percent reduction in staff since Trump retook office. Lawyers have been cut from 22 to six. And charges of discrimination coming from HUD, which used to average around 35 per year, are down to four.
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