Press Release: 9/10/2026

AG Campbell Secures Full Victory In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Attack On Fair Housing Protections

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

9/09/2026

 

BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that she, along with a coalition of 16 attorneys general, has secured relief from unlawful conditions the Trump Administration attempted to place on Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) funding. Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the FHAP provides funding to state and local agencies that enforce fair housing laws.  

“Stable housing is an essential need for any family, and this victory ensures that the Trump Administration cannot withhold or place unlawful conditions on funding that helps us protect our residents from housing discrimination,” said AG Campbell. “Federal funding should never be used as leverage to undermine our civil rights protections, and I will continue to stand up for residents and preserve the integrity of our fair housing enforcement system.” 

In March 2026, the coalition filed a lawsuit challenging unlawful conditions in HUD’s Fiscal Year 2025 FHAP Funding Guidance, which could have limited state and local agencies’ ability to enforce their fair housing laws, including by restricting reimbursement for certain fair housing complaints and threatening agencies that enforce protections beyond those in federal law.  

Faced with the litigation, the Trump Administration has confirmed that HUD will no longer seek to impose, implement or enforce the challenged conditions in the future and that the FY 2025 guidance is no longer in effect. HUD also confirmed the conditions will not apply to FY 2026 FHAP funding and that HUD does not plan to include them in future guidance. Given the Trump Administration’s concessions, the coalition has agreed to dismiss the lawsuit.   

AG Campbell was joined in filing this lawsuit by the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

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