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Tenants would be required to be informed of government rental assistance programs before they can be evicted under a new rule by the Biden administration.

A federal judge denied a request from the College of the Ozarks to implement a temporary injunction and restraining order against a Biden administration directive pertaining to gender identity.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson blamed rampant U.S. homelessness on "stacks and stacks of regulations" on technology for modular and tiny homes.

"If this administration is going to behave in unprecedented ways to hold up legitimate processes, we're going to have to figure out ways to influence that," said Democratic Congressman David Price. "It's just as simple as that."

The department's choice to withhold billions of dollars in appropriated funds has angered Democrats, who are considering whether Congress may need more "drastic moves" to force HUD to release the money.

The refusal by HUD to release the rule book for how the funds can be applied for—and subsequently spent—indefinitely prohibits Puerto Rico's access to more than $8 billion for projects meant to minimize the impact of future storms.

Democrats plan to investigate why HUD has missed a 90-day deadline to begin allowing Puerto Rico to apply for more than $8 billion in allocated mitigation funds for natural disasters.

The Trump administration proposed cutting funding for Baltimore's central rat extermination program just prior to President Donald Trump's "rodent infested mess" rant against the city last month.

Meanwhile, nine states will receive their billions of dollars in time for the 2020 hurricane season. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands almost certainly will not.

"It may be a Hatch Act violation. It may not be. Either way, I honestly don't care anymore," Patton wrote.

"No, not an OREO. An REO. 'R-E-O,'" Representative Katie Porter told Carson.

Carson compared his HUD plan to flight attendants telling passengers to put on their oxygen masks before helping others.

"You know what else has GONE TO SH*T under the watch of the @NYCMayor?" HUD administrator Lynne Patton tweeted.

HUD is suing Facebook on charges of housing discrimination, but only after the company refused to grant the government access to personalized user data, a company spokesperson told Newsweek.

The federal agency raised the "low" annual income threshold 10 percent from last year.

"An agency can't just decide one day that it's not going to follow its own regulations," a plaintiff said.

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"He's got good intentions but the wrong execution."

"You said you would enforce these laws, you haven't, and I think that's the scandal that should get you fired," Warren said.

Carson said his poor interior decorating choices caused him to defer the decision to his wife.

"I believe Allison has print outs of the furniture the Secretary and Mrs. Carson picked out," a HUD staffer wrote in an August 29 2017 email.

An aide later told "The New York Times" that Carson was referring to Russia.

Advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against HUD alleging the agency ignored requests about how it scrubbed LGBT guidelines for homeless shelters.

The housing secretary visited Puerto Rico for the first time since Hurricane Maria hit in September.

Enslaved Africans did not voluntarily come to the United States and were denied freedom for hundreds of years.

An aide to the former presidential contender had said Carson initially removed himself from consideration due to inexperience.

A nationwide proposal could ban cigarettes, cigars and pipes in all living units, indoor common areas and administrative offices.

A New York City family earned $500,000 per annum and paid just $1,500 per month in rent.

The new rules would require cities to look for racial bias in housing practices.