Legal Action

Housing Authority of the County of San Diego v. Turner

Filed in: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

  • Case Number

    4:25-CV-08859

  • Date Filed

    10/15/2025

  • Issue Areas

    DEIA, Federal Funding, Healthcare & Reproductive Rights, Immigration, LGBTQIA+

Summary

Plaintiffs, a coalition of public housing agencies and local governments, bring this action challenging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) imposition of new, unauthorized conditions on federal housing grants essential to their communities. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants’ actions exceed their constitutional and statutory authority by coercing compliance with executive policy preferences through vague and unlawful grant conditions. They claim these actions violate the Spending Clause, the Fifth Amendment’s void-for-vagueness doctrine, and the Administrative Procedure Act. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief setting aside HUD Notice Public and Indian Housing (PIH) 2025-22 and prohibiting Defendants from enforcing the new grant conditions or withholding funding.

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Plaintiffs

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  • Housing Authority of the County of San Diego
  • Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
  • Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco
  • Los Angeles County Development Authority
  • San Diego Housing Commission
  • Housing Authority of Baltimore City
  • Housing Authority of the City of Salem

Plaintiffs' Counsel

  • Renne Public Law Group
  • San Francisco City Attorney's Office
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  • City of Salem Attorney's Office
  • County of Los Angeles Office of the County Counsel

Defendants

  • Secretary Scott Turner
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development