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.
- Read “The Fierce Urgency of Fair and Affordable Homes” by Diane Yentel, NLIHC president and CEO, and Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO.
- Learn more about the income distribution of renters by race and ethnicity in The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes.
- NLIHC tracks regulations around affirmatively furthering fair housing and develops resources for advocates to weigh in on the process. Learn More
Memo to Members and Partners Articles
October 1, 2018
NLIHC Provides Sample Letter for Commenting on HUD Request for Input on “Streamlining” AFFH Rule
HUD published in the Federal Register on August 16, “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Streamlining and Enhancements,” an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) inviting public comment on amending the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule (see Memo, 8/20). The ANPR asks for…
October 1, 2018
Advocates Ask Court to Set Aside its AFFH Decision and Consider Additional Information
The three organizations that sued HUD over indefinitely suspending implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation (see Memo, 5/14) filed a motion asking the Court to set aside its adverse decision and to allow the plaintiffs to amend their legal complaint. The…
In response to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (see Memo, 5/14 and 6/25), NLIHC, eight Democratic senators, and other fair housing advocates submitted separate comment letters regarding HUD’s expressed doubts that the 2013 Disparate Impact rule is consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court…
Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a motion by advocates for a preliminary injunction against HUD for withdrawing the Assessment Tool required to complete an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) under the July 16, 2015 Affirmatively Furthering…