'People Aren't Happy': HUD Cancels Non-English Language Services

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“We are one people, united, and we will speak with one voice and one language,” HUD Secretary Scott Turner said.

https://www.notus.org/housing/hud-housing-urban-development-cancels-non-english-language-services



The Department of Housing and Urban Development will no longer offer materials and services in languages other than English, following President Donald Trump’s executive order from January designating English as the official language of the U.S. “We are one people, united, and we will speak with one voice and one language to deliver on our mission,” HUD Secretary Scott Turner said in a post on X echoing the phrase used in a memo sent to employees on Monday.

The decision, first reported by the New York Post on Sunday, went into effect immediately, with the translation option previously offered on HUD’s homepage being removed on Tuesday. “People aren’t happy about it,” a current HUD employee told NOTUS on Tuesday. In an internal memo shared with employees on Monday, HUD’s deputy secretary, Andrew Hughes, wrote that other than exceptions required under the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Violence Against Women Act, HUD would be an English-only agency.

“HUD will continue to ensure that all persons have meaningful access to HUD programs and services,” Hughes continued, adding that the department “will continue to provide communication services to the hearing and seeing impaired, and persons with related disabilities.” In a statement to NOTUS, department spokesperson Kasey Lovett said the transition complies with federal law and “anything to the contrary is nonsense.” “Furthermore, we have actually received direct responses from employees in support of this effort,” Lovett said in response to employee concerns. “Of course, NOTUS will only report the liberal narrative, as they always do.”



Prior to the changes, HUD offered an interpretation line for individuals not proficient in English, translated documents in 125 languages and telephone assistance in 222 languages. A local chapter of the AFGE Council 222, the union that represents more than 5,000 HUD employees, posted on social media that the transition to English-only services violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. “For the people HUD serves, this is devastating,” Local 476 of the AFGE wrote Monday. “Millions of tenants, applicants, & survivors of violence need language access. Denying it could shut people out of housing & services they’re entitled to by law.”

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[WestMichRad]

1. " Denying (language access) could shut people out housing and services...

… they’re entitled to by law.”

Could?? That is exactly the purpose for this policy change.

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2. Parade your Bigotry, once again!

😑😬

[UTUSN]

3. I jab at the MAGAts in the Comments of the NY Post,

on this topic, saying, Funny how other countries take pride in using their language well while the "English Only" MAGAs are substandard in theirs.