GAO: HUD Cut Workforce 29% in 2025, Mostly Through Deferred Resignation

A GAO report finds HUD reduced its workforce by 29 percent in 2025, largely through deferred resignation programs, and changed the types of programs it funds in response to presidential directives. More than half of those who left had at least 10 years of HUD service, and 41 percent had over 20 years. HUD did not publish notice of any reorganization plans.