On Monday, Secretary Turner issued an order directing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to halt any pending or future enforcement actions related to HUD’s 2016 rule entitled “Equal Access in Accordance With an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs.”
In explaining the rationale behind the policy change, he invoked Christianity:
“We, at this agency, are carrying out the mission laid out by President Trump on January 20th when he signed an executive order to restore biological truth to the federal government. This means recognizing there are only two sexes: male and female. It means getting government out of the way of what the Lord established from the beginning when he created man in His own image.”
Secretary Turner’s directive stops enforcement of the 2016 rule which allowed trans people to be housed with their gender rather than their sex assigned at birth and limited the ability of HUD-funded establishments, including shelters, to discriminate against trans people.
Rep. Becca Balint told NOTUS when it comes to attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, she is “no longer surprised about how low they are willing to go…It’s cruel and will no doubt put American people at risk and without a roof over their heads.”
