The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will investigate cuts to fair housing enforcement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The investigation follows HUD's attempt to claw back $30 million in grants awarded to local fair housing centers. Four of the groups successfully sued to block the administration from withholding the allocated funds.

The investigation was launched in response to a request from Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), as well as senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Raphael Warnock (D-G.a.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.). It follows a letter signed by 119 members of Congress to HUD Secretary Scott Turner requesting information about proposed further fair housing cuts, including reports of staffing reductions of 76% to HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.