People of color are significantly more likely than white people to experience evictions and homelessness in the United States, the result of centuries of structural racism that continues today, that has systematically and purposefully excluded African Americans and others from equal access to housing, community supports, and opportunities for economic mobility.
We must work to right these wrongs and work towards racial equity in housing: we can’t address racial inequities without addressing housing, and we cannot solve for housing inequities without addressing race.
- NLIHC tracks regulations around three fair housing topics and develops resources for advocates to weigh in on the process.
- Learn more about the income distribution of renters by race and ethnicity in The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes.
- Read "We Have Work To Do" by Diane Yentel, NLIHC president and CEO. Added May 30, 2020
- Read “The Fierce Urgency of Fair and Affordable Homes” by Diane Yentel, NLIHC president and CEO, and Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO.
Memo to Members and Partners Articles
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) released its 2018 Fair Housing Trends Report: Making Every Neighborhood a Place of Opportunity. The report examines some of the fair housing successes and challenges since the passage of the Fair Housing Act 50 years ago.
The report includes data on…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced on April 12 a nationwide initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. HUD and the Department of Justice will form a new interagency task force, create an outreach toolkit, and launch a…
A group of seven Congressional Democrats from California sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson expressing their concern about his proposal to change HUD’s mission statement from one “that promotes inclusion and discrimination-free communities to one that does not strive to offer the same…
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and three of its member organizations filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc. in federal court in New York City, alleging that Facebook’s advertising platform enables landlords and real estate brokers to exclude families with children, women, and other…