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
NLIHC has prepared “Preliminary Overview of AFFH Equity Plan Submission and HUD Review and Compliance Procedures,” the latest in a series of briefs providing initial overviews of the proposed affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) regulation. In addition, NLIHC has augmented its previous…
February 21, 2023
NLIHC Briefs Provide Summaries of AFFH Equity Plan and Community Engagement Requirements
NLIHC has prepared two briefs providing initial overviews of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation provisions regarding the Equity Plan and the Community Engagement and Complaint processes. The two briefs – “Preliminary Overview of the AFFH Equity Plan” and “…
February 13, 2023
Proposed AFFH Rule Published; NLIHC Brief Highlights Five Positive Overarching Features
The formal, Federal Register version of the proposed rule to implement the “Fair Housing Act of 1968” obligation to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) was published on February 9. NLIHC has prepared a brief, “Preliminary Highlights of Five Positive Overarching Features of the Proposed AFFH…
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…