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Governor Polis joins Secretary Fudge, Chairwoman Waters, mayors to announce American Rescue Plan relief for homelessness Office of Gov. Jared Polis | Apr 23, 2021
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Today, Governor Jared Polis joined U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge to discuss how the American Rescue Plan will deliver immediate and long-term relief to Coloradans experiencing homelessness. Governor Polis was also joined by House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, and San Francisco Mayor London Breed.
“So many people have endured a tremendous amount of hardship this year, some people even lost their homes. As Colorado builds back stronger from this pandemic, it’s critical that everyone in our state and nation has the opportunity to call a place home,” said Governor Jared Polis. “These funds from the American Rescue Plan will offer direct, immediate results and
STATEMENT: CAP Applauds HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge for Rescinding Proposed Rule Change Targeting Transgender Americans
Date: April 22, 2021
Contact: Adam Peck
Washington, D.C. On Thursday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge announced that her agency is withdrawing a proposed rule change sought by the previous administration that would have reinterpreted the Equal Access Rule to gut protections for transgender people.
The proposed rule change would have made it easier for HUD-funded shelters to deny service to transgender Americans. The Obama administration expanded protections to explicitly cover transgender Americans in 2016, but Donald Trump moved to strip these protections in his final months in office. Activists, led by the Center for American Progress and the Housing Saves Lives campaign, organized more than 66,000 comments from the public in opposition to the proposed rule change.
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