Overview

• The HUD homepage and a pop-up state, “The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government,” and add, “HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need.”
• HUD Secretary Scott Turner posted a similar message on his official X account, writing that “HUD.gov has been updated accordingly.”
• Democracy Forward said it has launched an investigation, and liberal influencers and Democratic officials called the message a likely Hatch Act violation.
• Anonymous HUD officials defended the banner as targeting an ideology and referencing an official process, while a Democratic aide argued it may violate federal anti-propaganda spending restrictions.
• PHADA reported HUD staff assured agencies that public housing and Housing Choice Voucher funding should carry operations through mid-November, and Indybay reported unions have filed a lawsuit over planned federal layoffs tied to OMB actions.