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
Three significant developments have taken place related to the ongoing affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) 2009 court settlement involving Westchester Country, NY. HUD informed the County that its “Analysis of Impediments Supplement to Chapter 12 – Zoning Analysis” was unacceptable because…
Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced legislation on April 5 to reduce barriers for domestic and sexual assault victims seeking housing. The “Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act” builds on the protections provided under the Violence…
NLIHC encourages organizations to sign onto a letter urging the House of Representatives to oppose any amendments to the Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill that would repeal the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH…
HUD sent a letter to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner stating that it found the City in noncompliance with Title VI of the “Civil Rights Act of 1964.” HUD asserted that the City’s refusal to issue a Resolution of No Objection (a Resolution) for a mixed-income, 233-unit apartment building to be…