EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Housing and Urban Development took the first step to fire a HUD lawyer who publicly expressed concern that HUD is no longer enforcing the Fair Housing Act, with the department disputing his claims of being a whistleblower.
HUD initiated a termination process against HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity lawyer Paul Osadebe after he spoke with the New York Times last week and criticized HUD for preventing him and his colleagues from investigating and prosecuting landlords, real estate agents, and lenders over allegations of discrimination regarding housing.
Osadebe was told on Monday that it was his last day with HUD, pending review and appeal proceedings.
Another HUD lawyer mentioned in the New York Times, Palmer Heenan, is facing separate measures as a probationary employee, while a third lawyer has since quit the department.
Osadebe and Heenan were previously told by HUD that they were going to be reassigned from the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and filed a lawsuit last week against the department, alleging they had been “unlawfully targeted by HUD leadership and forced to leave” their positions in the office “against their will.”
“HUD does not comment on individual personnel actions, but all employees are expected to follow federal regulations, and departmental policies and procedures. HUD employees are expected to execute the mission of the agency,” a spokeswoman told the Washington Examiner.
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