The Department of Housing and Urban Development removed information about gender in a database used by homeless shelters who receive funding from HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, shelter operators told NOTUS.
Three operators said that as of this week they are no longer able to access the information through the database, known as Sage. It’s been standard for them to use the database to submit data about the communities they serve as part of their funding requirements.
When users attempt to reach Sage, one shelter operator who receives HUD funding told NOTUS, they instead just see a message reading: “Per Presidential Executive Order, HUD is addressing the directives related to Gender Identity. All current and archived gender data submitted in [Annual Performance Reports] and [Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Reports] is no longer available in Sage.”