National Fair Housing Alliance and Long Island Housing Services Applaud Court Decision Halting HUD’s and DOGE’s Termination of Grants to Fight Housing Discrimination

Urgent: Additional Action Still Needed to Stop Loss of Long Island Fair Housing Funding!

Today, following a hearing, Judge Richard G. Stearns of the U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts granted a temporary injunction stopping the termination of 78 Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) grants to fight housing discrimination, which includes a grant that Long Island Housing Services (LIHS)  had received and was doing work under. These grants were abruptly terminated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at the behest of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).