Updated list of all Trump’s actions that impact housing

Below is a timeline of the actions the Trump administration or Congressional Republicans have taken that impact housing since President Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2025, along with additional coverage of those topics.

CFPB

Tariffs

HUD

• HUD watchdog swept up in large-scale firings of inspector general  Jan. 27
• Memo mixup: Trump calls for freeze of 100 HUD programs, then denies it  Jan. 28
• Where things currently stand in Trump’s flurry of federal funding memos Jan. 29
• Trump’s first-term budget requests could foreshadow the future of HUD funding Feb. 4
• Scott Turner, Trump’s HUD secretary, confirmed by the Senate and sworn in Feb. 5
• New HUD secretary to prioritize GSE privatization Feb. 6
• HUD Secretary Turner holds town hall, says there are ‘two genders’ Feb. 7
• As White House scrutinizes HUD programs, union leaders offer a waste target Feb. 13
• HUD to cut 50% of its workforce Feb. 13
• HUD announces launch of DOGE taskforce, targest AFFH rule Feb. 14
• These are the functions of the HUD offices targeted for mass firings Feb. 14
• DOGE says it has recovered $1.9B in ‘misplaced’ HUD funds Feb. 15
• Fair housing nonprofit sues Scott Turner, HUD over ‘DEI’ orders Feb. 19
• Internal memo outlines DOGE’s plan to gut HUD Feb. 24
• Federal workers union sends cease and desist to HUD, OPM over DOGE directive Feb. 24
• Trump, Musk targeted by falsified video at HUD headquarters F eb. 24
• DOGE accessed confidential HUD data on housing discrimination Feb. 26
• Trump administration ends Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule Feb. 26
• Trump nominates Andrew Hughes as HUD’s deputy secretary March 11
• HUD reportedly axes Biden-era green retrofit program March 12
• Trump prepares to develop affordable housing on federal land March 17
• HUD cancels HECM-related tech contract under direction of DOGE March 24
• HUD, DHS seek to stop undocumented immigrants from using federal housing programs March 24
• FHA restricts loan eligibility to US citizens and permanent residents March 26
• New FHA citizenship, residency requirements apply to reverse mortgages March 26
• What the FHA’s new eligibility requirements means for immigrant homebuyers March 27
• Federal judge temporarily cancels HUD cuts to fair housing grants March 27
• HUD cuts 90% of its website content, citing low traffic April 1
• The GAO to investigate HUD’s attempted fair housing cuts April 2
• Scott Turner’s busy day on X April 3
• HUD doubles down: No FHA financing for ‘unqualified aliens’ April 7
• Trump’s FHA restrictions could impact Hispanic homeownership April 8
• FHA further extends foreclosure, eviction moratorium for Helene and Milton victims April 8
• HUD and DOGE target mixed immigration status households April 16
• HUD makes it official: It will seek new headquarters April 17
• Democratic senator open to working with HUD on federal land for housing April 24
• FHA walks back Biden-era restrictions on foreclosed properties April 28
• HUD Secretary on withholding funds to cities over homelessness April 30

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Federal employees/hiring, funding and regulatory freeze

Executive orders

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