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DOGE may be dead, but its deregulatory housing agenda lives on

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The Trump administration has quietly dissolved U.S. DOGE Service — also known as the Department of Government Efficiency — according to multiple reports. “That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about DOGE’s status, adding that the department is no longer a “centralized entity.” In […]

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Supreme Court ruling allows Trump’s federal workforce cuts to proceed

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President Donald Trump has secured a big win in his effort to reduce the footprint of the federal government. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the administration can proceed with plans to lay off thousands of federal workers and cut funding to various federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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It’s official: DOGE cuts are impacting the DC housing market

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When Elon Musk was given control over much of the federal government staffing levels at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, real estate professionals in Washington, D.C., wondered if the sweeping layoffs would impact the housing market. While everyone has taken a wait-and-see approach, it’s getting hard to deny that people are moving

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In California, a local senior advocacy group continues under shadow of federal cuts

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Since January, federal funding cuts have struck far and wide across a number of local, state and federal programs that tackle a variety of issues. And while the local “Choice in Aging” program in Contra Costa County, California, would be directly impacted if cuts happen, that’s not stopping people there from advocating on behalf of

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Senators call for investigation of possible DOGE ethics violations

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Three senators are calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and federal watchdogs to investigate whether U.S. DOGE Service aides tasked with downsizing government agencies violated conflict-of-interest laws by holding stocks in companies overseen by thes, according to a recent ProPublica report. The request — sent last week by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden

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DOGE effect? Housing inventory in DC is rising faster than the rest of the country

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Agent Janice Pouch had a listing go up in February for a single-family house in a desirable part of Washington, D.C., where homes typically don’t last long.  She had no reason to think that wouldn’t be the case this time either, especially after a packed open house during its first weekend on the market. Instead,

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HUD names new CIO as judge pauses mass firings at the agency

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Now a little more than four months into the second Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has appointed a new chief information officer (CIO), Eric Sidle, with experience in the electric vehicle space and with a former position at tech giant Apple, Inc. on his resume. The appointment coincides with

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Joe Gormley addresses pesky rumors about Ginnie Mae

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What you might have heard about Ginnie Mae is simply rumor, according to Joe Gormley, the government-owned company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. Gormley says that Ginnie Mae has adequate staffing to fulfill its mission, has no plans to shrink the size of issuers and furthermore is happily accepting new issuers. In a

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DOGE overestimated savings from real estate lease cuts

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Since the start of the second Trump administration, the U.S. DOGE Service — aka the “Department of Government Efficiency” — has been a lightning rod of controversy due to the ways it has sought to curtail government costs. It’s done so by slashing federal jobs, ending congressionally-approved programs and maintaining what some have viewed as

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