Elon Musk – Cantilever Real Estate

Federal judge orders release of DOGE operational records

March 11, 2025 by bp56691

The decision marks a significant victory for transparency advocates who seek insight into DOGE’s role in the federal workforce reductions and the dismantling of government agencies under the Trump administration.

DOGE accessed confidential HUD data on housing discrimination, report says

February 26, 2025 by bp56691

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has accessed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) confidential data related to housing discrimination, according to a report from non-profit investigative journalism outlet ProPublica. ProPublica said its findings are based on information obtained and confirmed through HUD sources.

DOGE to federal employees it instructed to stop working: Show us what you worked on or be fired

February 23, 2025 by bp56691

After being plagued for years by civil investigative demands and lawsuits from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the real estate industry hoped for looser antitrust enforcement under a second Trump administration. Although enforcement experts were initially skeptical, the latest action taken by the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency may be just what the real […]

Trump allies fear DOGE’s methods to dismantle CFPB could backfire: report

February 22, 2025 by bp56691

Not everyone in the Trump orbit is apparently happy with Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) method of picking apart the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Some Trump aides and advisers fear that DOGE is “moving too fast and breaking too many things,” Bloomberg reported Saturday.

These are the functions of the HUD offices targeted for mass firings

February 14, 2025 by bp56691

The White House and key leaders aimed at cost-cutting inside the federal government have reportedly trained their eyes on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and that reporting suggests it is culminating in a series of cuts that could include as much as 50% of the department’s workforce of roughly 9,600 people. […]

Could government funding scrutiny come for reverse mortgage programs?

February 12, 2025 by bp56691

Reverse mortgage programs have performed well recently, according to HUD reports, but the Trump administration is bringing added scrutiny.

Project 2025 architect Russell Vought takes over CFPB

February 8, 2025 by bp56691

Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and the current head of OMB, is the new acting head of the CFPB.