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.
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The House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties will hold a hearing, “A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability,” on Wednesday, February 5 at 2:00 p.m. ET in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House…
The Trump administration published in the Federal Register on January 14 a proposed rule that would reverse efforts to undo historic and ongoing patterns of housing discrimination and segregation throughout the U.S. The proposed rule is now open for a 60-day public comment period. HUD provided an…
HUD’s new proposal to gut the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule represents a complete retreat from efforts to undo historic, government-driven patterns of housing discrimination and segregation throughout the U.S. The proposal underscores Secretary Carson’s fundamental…
A proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule cleared the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on December 18. The proposed rule must still go to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and the House…