Before the mass firings, this Georgia-based federal worker prevented housing discrimination in the Southeast

Chris Bergquist worked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to investigate complaints of discrimination by housing providers. Last month, he was abruptly terminated by the Trump administration along with thousands of other federal employees. (Courtesy of Chris Bergquist)

Included in the ongoing purge of federal workers by the Trump administration were employees at the Atlanta regional office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

One federal worker’s story shows what may be at stake for the region’s housing. 

A Carrollton native, Christopher Bergquist worked in the HUD department that enforces federal fair housing laws prohibiting discrimination by apartment owners or real estate brokers.