NLIHC urges organizations to unite with more than 200 organizations that have already signed a letter calling on Senators to reject the House of Representatives’ harmful anti-fair housing amendments in any final FY16 spending legislation. The National Fair Housing Alliance is circulating the letter. The deadline for sign-ons has been extended to Friday, September 4.
In June, the House approved FY16 spending bills for the Department of Justice and HUD containing several amendments that would prohibit the federal government from using its fair housing rules to advance the Fair Housing Act’s mission of supporting diverse, inclusive communities where everyone has access to the resources they need to succeed (see Memo, 6/15). The bills also would all but eliminate private local fair housing enforcement (see Memo, 6/8).
Click here to read the letter and to sign your organization onto it: http://bit.ly/1JGVE4l
Click here for a fact sheet about the anti-fair housing amendments adopted by the House of Representatives: http://bit.ly/1LFtZo9
Support is especially needed from organizations in the following states:
Alaska | Kentucky | Rhode Island |
Arkansas | Maine | South Carolina |
Delaware | Nevada | South Dakota |
Hawaii | New Hampshire | Utah |
Idaho | New Mexico | West Virginia |
Iowa | North Dakota | Wyoming |
Kansas |