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
Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) sent a letter to Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling on March 16 calling for HUD Secretary Ben Carson to appear before the committee for a hearing on housing discrimination. The request…
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) hosted a Capitol Hill briefing, “An Overview of the President’s FY19 Budget Request for Affordable Housing and Community Development Programs,” on March 5 to provide national and local perspectives on Mr. Trump’s budget proposal and…
NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD effectively suspending without warning the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule on January 5. Even though the suspension was immediate, the Federal Register notice announcing it invited public comment.
The notice suspended most local governments…
Thirty-eight Democrats in the House of Representatives sent a letter on February 5 asking HUD Secretary Ben Carson to provide more information on the agency’s recent decision to effectively suspend its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. The lawmakers expressed concern with HUD’s…