Virginia House of Delegates Passes Bill to Prohibit Landlords from Refusing Housing Choice Vouchers
The Virginia House of Delegates passed House Bill 6 (HB 6) on March 4, advancing fair housing protections for renters who use Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV). The bill would add discrimination on the…
Point of View: Dissatisfied – by NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel
Yesterday we as a nation honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I do every year, I reflected on his work, his words, and what they require of us. What better way to honor Dr. King than continuing his…
Join “Fight for Housing Justice” Campaign to Oppose HUD’s Harmful Fair Housing Rule
The Trump administration published in the Federal Register on January 14 a proposed rule that would reverse efforts to undo historic and ongoing patterns of housing discrimination and segregation…
HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule Is Not a Fair Housing Rule
HUD’s new proposal to gut the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule represents a complete retreat from efforts to undo historic, government-driven patterns of housing discrimination…
Senator Brown and Representative Waters Criticize HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule
Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) each issued statements on January 8 condemning the Trump…
Webinar on Working with PHAs to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing, December 11
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) will hold a webinar to discuss public housing agencies’ (PHA’s) obligation to affirmatively further…
Senate Democrats Raise Concerns about Proposed Changes to HUD Disparate Impact Rule
Led by Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), 46 Senate Democrats sent a letter today to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, expressing their deep concerns about the agency’s proposed…
Missouri Advocates Unite Around Shared Vision for Legislative Engagement
Empower Missouri set out to build its Affordable Housing Coalition – a multidisciplinary coalition centered on affordable housing – following its 2018 Housing Empowers conference. After a year of…
NFHA Fair Housing Trends Report Finds Increase in Discrimination Complaints
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) released its 2019 Fair Housing Trends Report: Defending Against Unprecedented Attacks on Fair Housing, which found the number of housing discrimination…
NLIHC Submits Letter Objecting to Proposed Disparate Impact Rule; Deadline to Comment is Friday, October 18
NLIHC submitted comments expressing strong opposition to HUD’s proposed changes to the 2013 Disparate Impact rule. NLIHC urges HUD to withdraw its proposed rule because it is designed to make it…
New Resources to Help Advocates Submit Comments against HUD’s Proposed Disparate Impact Rule Changes; Day of Action on October 10
The Fight for Housing Justice campaign and the Defend Civil Rights campaign have each provided new materials to help advocates write and submit comments against HUD’s extremely harmful proposed…