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
HUD announced plans to publish a proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule “imminently.” The proposed rule would help communities meet a more than five-decade old requirement to actively address systemic racism and segregation, which have often resulted from specific federal…
January 23, 2023
NLIHC Joins Statement with Leading Civils Rights and Housing Organizations Supporting Proposed Fair Housing Rule
NLIHC, along with the National Fair Housing Alliance and 34 other civil rights and housing organizations, issued a joint statement applauding HUD’s release of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. The rule comes one month after NLIHC and 11 other national organizations…
The HUDExchange listserv announced a series of bimonthly virtual “office hours” to review affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) issues. The first session of each month will be general in nature and the second topical. The objectives are to develop effective strategies to affirmatively…
The Policy & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) published a new report, How States Can Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Key Leverage Points and Best Practices, presenting seven state-based initiatives that work toward affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) and could guide other…