By Charlene Crowell

(Trice Edney Wire) – Recent whistleblower complaints of systemic dismantling of fair housing and civil rights enforcement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have led ranking minority members of both chambers of Congress to jointly call for hearings.

On September 30, a letter co-signed by Rep. Maxine Waters who serves on the House Financial Services Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren who serves on her chamber’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, together charge that HUD is on “an unalterable course” towards violating long-standing fair housing and related enforcement.

The two lawmakers also identified specific HUD leadership actions that substantiate their requests:

• Advised staff that fair housing work was “not a priority” but

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