16 Blue States Sue HUD to Prevent Defunding of Gender Ideology, Abortion
17th March 2026
A group of 16 Democrat state attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration’s policy on fair housing.
The coalition led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed the lawsuit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division.
Last September, HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity issued funding guidance for the Fair Housing Assistance Program. The guidance barred funding for state and local agencies promoting gender ideology, and further withheld funding for state or local agencies that fund abortions, issue disparate impact studies, or promote or facilitate illegal immigration.
The Democrats’ lawsuit alleges the guidelines threatened to defund state and local agencies that enforce fair housing beyond what is specified in the seven protected classes under federal law.