Overview

• HUD Secretary Scott Turner has canceled $4 million in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) contracts, calling them inefficient uses of taxpayer funds.
• The contracts included initiatives like 'culture transformation' training and diversity research subscriptions, which Turner deemed unnecessary.
• The decision follows the launch of HUD's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force, which has uncovered $260 million in potential savings at the agency.
• DOGE also identified $1.9 billion in funds that were 'misplaced' during the Biden administration, which have now been recovered and made available for other federal expenditures.
• Civil rights groups have filed lawsuits against the administration, claiming the elimination of DEI grants hinders their ability to advance core civil rights missions.