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Shamus Roller

@shamusroller.bsky.social

ED at the National Housing Law Project 🇺🇸 Housing nerd. @nhlp.bsky.social

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Peggy Bailey@peggybaileydc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Need help understanding HUD’s proposed rule that would take rental assistance away from eligible citizens and immigrants? This summary explains and gives links to other resources.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities@centeronbudget.bsky.social · 6mo ago

HUD proposed a rule in Feb. that would take away rental asst. from citizens & eligible immigrants in “mixed-status” families if a member of their household is ineligible b/c of their immigration status. Of the nearly 80K ppl in mixed-status families, about 37K are kids. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

Mike Ludwig@mludwig.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In a rambling speech full of lies, Trump pledged to release a housing plan next week. Right. Pushing big $ out of the housing market is an interesting idea but won't make up for costs pushed up by tariffs, deportation of workers, and destruction of the safety net, says @shamusroller.bsky.social.

Trump’s “Homes for People” Plan Distracts From Failing Policies, Experts Say

Trump’s proposal to ban institutional investors from buying homes won’t make up for damage of tariffs and deportations.

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Shamus Roller@shamusroller.bsky.social · 8mo ago

While the Trump administration spent 2025 tearing apart the systems that keep us housed, NHLP is fighting for a different future. We continue to imagine and build a housing system that puts people over profit. Read about it: www.nhlp.org/yir2025

National Housing Law Project Year in Review 2025 | NHLP

In 2025, the National Housing Law Project resisted the Trump administration’s unlawful power grab. Read on to learn more about what we accomplished.

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Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · last yr.

1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.

Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s

An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.

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David Klion@davidklion.bsky.social · last yr.

For the June issue of @thenation.com, I wrote about the Harper’s letter 5 years later, and how under a quarter of its signatories have spoken out about Mahmoud Khalil and other campus activists imprisoned for speech.

They All Signed the “Harper’s” Letter. Where Are They Now?

Many of those who were loudest in denouncing cancel culture then are now curiously silent in the face of Donald Trump’s assaults on free speech.

thenation.com

Eviction Lab@evictionlab.bsky.social · last yr.

New Study đź””: More than 7M Americans face eviction each year. But if they go to court, most do it alone, without a lawyer. Our researchers studied the initiatives that are trying to change this reality, known as Right to Counsel programs or RTC. evictionlab.org/disrupting-t...

Disrupting the Eviction System: Tenant Right to Counsel

As a growing number of jurisdictions consider adopting RTC—and as researchers seek to analyze the effects of such programs—it is critical to understand their challenges and the keys to their success. ...

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Representative Ryan Clancy@ryanclancywi.bsky.social · last yr.

MADISON, Wis. – Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and other publications reported that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan apparently attempted to protect a defendant from ICE agents trying to detain that defendant. (1/6)

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Shamus Roller@shamusroller.bsky.social · last yr.

This Fair Housing Month we are defending hard-won protections. At @NHLP we’re fighting for a different future. While this moment is hard, we must imagine & build a housing system that puts people over profit. Read more of our thoughts here: conta.cc/3FDXnSa

We're fighting for a different future

Email from The National Housing Law Project Dear Friends of NHLP, I’m writing to you on the cusp of Fair Housing Month. April commemorates the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and the promise

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Shamus Roller@shamusroller.bsky.social · last yr.

The CFPB was created in the wake of the Great Recession and the foreclosure crisis - to help prevent a crisis like that from happening again and to protect us - consumers. Bring on the predatory lenders - just what we all needed. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...

Mass Layoffs Hit Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Gift Article)

The agency, which has returned $21 billion to consumers since its inception, could lose 1,500 of its 1,700 employees, a union warned.

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Shamus Roller@shamusroller.bsky.social · last yr.

I hope that Congress ignores Trump's budget proposals much like they did in the first term but there's less spine in Congress this time around. Decimating the voucher program would make all of our lives worse.

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: President Trump is preparing a budget with deep cuts to federal housing programs, including vouchers for the poor. Today, the admin took steps to sell HUD headquarters, and so far, about 2300 workers have taken "deferred resignation" offers to leave. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...

◥◤Kriston Capps 250@kristoncapps.bsky.social · last yr.

In February, DOGE took screenshots of affordable housing providers' websites and LinkedIn profiles that showed terms associated with diversity and equity — then canceled millions of dollars in contracts with those groups. That funding was just reinstated on appeal: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump DEI Purge Hits Affordable Housing Groups

Millions of dollars in affordable housing contracts were canceled after a DOGE review of their websites and social media for terms linked to equity and diversity.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

Many conservatives who fought against cancel culture on college campuses and championed free speech are now behind a growing crackdown on political expression at universities, in ways that try to sidestep the Constitution’s free-speech guarantees.

Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.

President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.

nytimes.com

Brian Goldstone@brian-goldstone.bsky.social · last yr.

Chris Bergquist worked in HUD’s Fair Housing office. One of his first cases: a disabled woman who couldn’t shower because her landlord refused to make her unit wheelchair accessible. His team forced compliance. Now he’s been fired in Trump’s purge—as Fair Housing staff face 76.5% cuts nationwide.

Before the mass firings, this Georgia-based federal worker prevented housing discrimination in the Southeast

Included in the ongoing purge of federal workers by the Trump administration were employees at the Atlanta regional office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. One federal worker's...

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Shamus Roller@shamusroller.bsky.social · last yr.

What’s at risk with CFPB: “Last week, the agency’s consumer response team was called back to work to tackle a backlog of 16,000 complaints, including dozens from homeowners facing imminent foreclosures.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...

Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life

Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.

nytimes.com