Tell the Trump administration:
keep families together!
Latest Update
On November 12, 2026, HUD issued a final rule to ban mixed status families from public housing, Section 8, and other HUD housing programs. The final rule is scheduled to go into effect on Monday, December 14, 2026.
“We are ready to fight alongside our immigrant neighbors to keep families whole and housed.”
Read the statement
Press Release | November 10, 2026
NHLP On New HUD Rule: Trump Separates and Evicts Immigrant Families In Order to Destroy Federal Housing Programs
All of us deserve the freedom to live where we want and take care of our families without fear of being evicted.
The Trump administration is strategically spreading fear and sowing division based on what we look like or where we come from so they can distract from fixing the housing crisis.
Their high-profile ICE raids, deportations, and occupations of our neighborhoods and cities are intended to create fear and intimidate families into self-eviction.
We won’t back down – families deserve to be whole and housed! Join the Keep Families Together campaign and tell HUD how ripping apart or evicting families would hurt our neighbors and break up our communities.
Trump is wrongly blaming immigrants for the housing crisis.
The housing crisis hurts all of us.
Housing costs are so high that most tenants are forced to make impossible choices between buying food for their family or paying the rent.
Rather than solve this problem, Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a rule to evict certain immigrant families from their homes.
Endangering families through eviction, homelessness, or disappearance goes against our country’s values.
Federal law has long allowed families with mixed immigration status to live together in HUD housing and to receive housing assistance for family members who are U.S. citizens or have eligible immigration status. These families include family members who cannot receive housing assistance because of their immigration status, such as temporary visa holders.
Trump’s proposal would upend this long-standing policy and prohibit families with mixed immigration status from receiving housing assistance or living in HUD housing programs like public housing and Section 8.
If adopted, Trump’s proposal would force families to either break up to keep some members housed or face eviction and homelessness all together.
Get resources
Fact sheet
This two-page fact sheet gives an overview of HUD’s final rule: key takeaways for mixed status families and information about who would be impacted by the rule.
More resources to come
Check back here for resources in the days and weeks ahead.
Know your rights
Are you part of a family with mixed immigration status? This resource explains your rights about living in HUD housing or receiving HUD assistance. You should also consult an attorney for advice about your specific case. To find your local legal organization, go to lawhelp.org.
Trump’s plan would hurt millions of us.
80,000 people could be evicted from their homes. That includes 37,000 children, nearly all of whom are themselves U.S. citizens.
The proposal won’t just hurt immigrants. It will impact anyone who lives in some of the country’s biggest federal housing programs.
That’s millions of people, including children, veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities.
So why is Trump doing this?
Trump is exploiting the housing crisis to scapegoat immigrants, undermine the federal housing programs, and continue his unlawful power grab.
They’ve tried this before, but we fought back and won.
Trump tried to evict families with mixed immigration status during his first administration, but thousands of people came together to stop it. We can do it again.
Our voices matter. Federal agencies like HUD depend on feedback and comments from us to assess the real impact of policies and actions on the public.
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While we’re fighting to keep families whole and housed now, in the long run, we need to truly fix the housing crisis by preserving and creating deeply affordable housing for poor and working people.
Together, we’re creating that future—where everyone has the freedom to make a good living, care for our families, and live in a stable home.
Our neighborhoods are safer, healthier, and stronger when everyone is housed.
Our country has the resources to ensure that every one of us—no matter our background, beliefs, or circumstances—has a safe place to call home.
Get updates
In February 2026, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gave the public two months to submit feedback on its proposal to evict and separate families with mixed immigration status.
Thank you to the tens of thousands of people who told HUD that our government should keep families together and housed.
Federal agencies like HUD depend on feedback and comments from us to assess the real impact of policies and actions on the public. They are required by law to read and consider the comments they receive.
Now, we’re waiting on HUD to read all of our comments and then issue a final rule, which will become the law.
When that happens, we’ll do everything we can to keep families together and housed, and we’ll need your help too.