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January 13, 2026
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MEDIA ADVISORY
January 13, 2026
Contact: (Banking)
ADVISORY: Warren Holds "Fair Housing Under Fire" Forum with HUD Whistleblowers on Trump Administration's Roll Back of Fair Housing Enforcement Amidst Housing Crisis
Forum will feature whistleblowers fired from HUD after exposing the Administration for violating the law
Warren invites HUD Secretary Turner to testify at forum
Washington, DC - Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 13, 2026, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, will host a Spotlight Forum to discuss the Trump Administration's failure to enforce fair housing and civil rights laws amidst a housing affordability crisis. The forum will feature two HUD whistleblowers, Paul Osadebe and Palmer Heenan, who were fired after coming forward with their concerns. They will provide firsthand testimony from inside HUD about how the Trump Administration is abandoning Americans facing housing discrimination.
Ranking Member Warren has formally invited HUD Secretary Scott Turner to provide testimony at the forum, after Republican majorities in the Senate and House have refused to hold hearings with Turner requested by Ranking Members Warren and Maxine Waters (D-CA).
After the HUD whistleblowers' allegations came to light, Senator Warren called for HUD's Office of the Inspector General to launch an independent investigation into the Trump Administration's attack on civil rights exposed by the whistleblowers' claims.
WHO:
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Paul Osadebe, Whistleblower and Former HUD Civil Rights Attorney
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Palmer Heenan, Whistleblower and Former HUD Civil Rights Attorney.
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Sasha Samberg-Champion, Special Counsel for Civil Rights at the National Fair Housing Alliance
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Martie Lafferty, Executive Director of the Tennessee Fair Housing Council
WHEN: January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
WHERE: Dirksen Senate Office Building G-50
RSVP: Media interested in attending must RSVP to [email protected]
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