The Trump Administration's threat to layoff federal workers if the government shutdown continued came to fruition Friday, including some housing cuts.
Employees from seven departments were laid off, 442 from
"HUD is implementing a reduction in force as part of its ongoing efforts to realign its activities with its core statutory mission," a HUD spokesperson said in a statement sent to National Mortgage News Wednesday. "It is HUD's priority to serve the American people effectively."
The employees, stationed in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Philadelphia and more areas, were told their last day will be Dec. 9,
HUD plans to lay off 114 employees from the Fair Housing staff, 103 from the Public and Indian Housing office, 86 in the Office of Housing and 30 in the Office of Community Planning and Development,
The federal workforce has been plummeting since Donald Trump took office, and HUD has not been an exception. Since January, roughly 2,300 employers, 23% of the agency's staff, have voluntarily left, according to earlier Bloomberg reports.
Friday marked a
The shutdown, now more than two weeks old, has
"We are in the process of reviewing the notice, assessing the impact and magnitude of the agency's decision, while acquiring legal guidance from the National office," Antonio Gaines, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 222, representing employees of HUD,
