Chris Wright serves as United States Secretary of Energy, not Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. In recent Department of Government Efficiency actions, on February fifth, twenty twenty-five, Secretary Wright allowed DOGE member Luke Farritor access to Department of Energy information systems, despite warnings from the General Counsel and chief information officers that it was a bad idea and Farritor lacked clearance, according to CNN reports citing agency staff. This move supported DOGE efforts to review and cut federal spending across agencies.
At Housing and Urban Development, DOGE activities have intensified separately. On February tenth, DOGE member Scott Langmack emailed HUD employees requesting lists of all contracts, marking critical ones and any with diversity, equity, and inclusion components. By February eighteenth, DOGE began eliminating half of Federal Housing Administration staff, starting with those handling insured loans. NPR reported on February twenty-second that DOGE cuts would reduce staff at the Office of Community Planning and Development by eighty-four percent. On February twenty-sixth, DOGE gained access to a HUD system holding confidential data on housing discrimination victims, including medical records, financial files, and Social Security numbers, often not anonymized.
In May, all General Schedule thirteen-level and below employees at HUDs Office of Field Policy and Management faced termination. By June twenty twenty-five, HUD planned to move into the National Science Foundation headquarters in Washington DC, with no arrangements for displaced NSF staff.
These DOGE initiatives under the Trump administration aim to streamline operations but have sparked concerns over data security, staff reductions, and service disruptions in housing programs.
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