DEI conditions on HUD grants litigation

A lawsuit by five housing authorities challenging DEI-related conditions on HUD operating and capital grants, proceeding in the Northern District of California before Judge Jon Tigar.

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2026-09-16 · housing

HUD flails in push for DEI limits to housing

Courthouse News Service · on denial of HUD's motion to dismiss housing authorities' grant-conditions suit

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in Oakland denied the federal government's motion to dismiss, or transfer to Washington state, a lawsuit by the housing authorities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Baltimore, and Salem challenging DEI-related conditions on HUD's Operating Subsidy, Capital Fund, Family Self-Sufficiency, and Multifamily Housing Service Coordinator grants. The government had argued the suit duplicated an earlier case over different HUD grants; Tigar wrote that "the two suits challenge identical grant conditions imposed on distinct grants received by distinct entities."

Tigar issued a temporary restraining order in October 2025, three days after the suit was filed.