ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has rejected a part of the city of Asheville’s draft action disaster recovery plan. The draft action ...

President Trump reversed a Biden-era decision that had established the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles as part of the criteria for promotion within the foreign ...

In a Tuesday news release, Turner criticized this assistance saying it incorporated “DEI criteria to prioritize some impacted residents over others.” The release said HUD advised Asheville its ...

PLAN REJECTED: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner rejected the City of Asheville's draft plan for recovery funds because of DEI criteria. The City of Asheville ...

“However, Asheville’s draft action plan incorporated DEI criteria to prioritize some impacted residents over others, which was unacceptable,” he added. “After HUD informed Asheville that ...

after Secretary Scott Turner declared the plan “not acceptable” due to “DEI criteria.” “We have modified the action plan to reflect his concerns, and we’ve been told the changes that ...

The city of Asheville changed its Helene’s recovery plan after the Department of Housing and Urban Development criticized its inclusion of “DEI criteria.” In this February file photo ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The city of Asheville changed language in a disaster recovery plan that was publicly criticized earlier this week by the leader of the Department of Housing and Urban ...