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.

Memo to Members and Partners Articles

HUD Offers Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Office Hours

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…

Message from the Editorial Board

Dear Readers, It has been quite the summer. Our last issue in late spring focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it would affect low-income renters. Since then, the pandemic has raged around the world at varying levels but has been particularly devastating in the United States. At the time of…