Memo to Members

National Fair Housing Alliance Releases 2025 Fair Housing Trends Report; Take Action to Defend Fair Housing Now!

Nov 10, 2025

By Kayla Blackwell, NLIHC Senior Housing Policy Analyst and Sarita Kelkar, NLIHC Policy Intern 

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) released a report examining housing discrimination in 2024, with data collected from HUD, state and local Fair Housing Assistance Program agencies, and the Department of Justice. The report shows a record number of housing discrimination complaints, in an environment where the Trump Administration and HUD Secretary Turner have taken dramatic actions to undercut fair housing funding, enforcement, and the firing of fair housing staff (see Memo, 9/29). 

The report, “2025 Fair Housing Trends Report,” provides details on the nature of housing discrimination complaints reported in 2024—categorizing by reporting agency, HUD region, basis of discrimination, and transaction type. Key highlights include: 

  • Private, nonprofit fair housing organizations processed 74.12% of complaints, compared to 20.90% by FHAP agencies, 4.85% by HUD, and 0.14% by DOJ.
  • Discrimination based on disability accounted for the majority (54.59%) of filed complaints.
  • In 2024, 1,836 complaints based on national origin were reported, an increase of 8.45% from the 1,693 complaints reported in 2023. This is the highest number of complaints reported based on national origin discrimination since 2018.  

The report features example cases, including violations of the “Fair Housing Act,” the “Americans with Disabilities Act,” the “Administrative Procedures Act,” and more. Each case demonstrates room for improvement in protecting individuals’ access to housing opportunities. While NFHA covers 2024 data in this report, the report also describes how current practices and policies pose serious risks to the enforcement of fair housing law, warning of artificial intelligence (AI) impacts on fair housing and lending, and how the Trump administration is “dismantling the federal government’s capacity to address housing discrimination.” The Administration has significantly reduced agency and organization capacity through cutting fair housing funding and undermining fair housing obligations and workforce size (see Memo, 9/29).  

Data from 2025 may signal a decline in complaint processing as a result—demonstrating government organizations and nonprofits’ inability to perform needed tasks rather than decreased instances of discrimination. The ensuing lack of support and failure to address discrimination for individuals seeking affordable and equitable housing perpetuates “chaos, fear, insecurity, and dysfunction throughout the country.”  

To protect disproportionately affected populations and fight for economic opportunities grounded in the rule of law, NFHA recommends that: 

  • Congress and the Trump administration restore and protect established fair housing rights for people of all backgrounds.
  • Congress fully fund local fair housing enforcement agencies and conduct oversight of key fair housing agencies.
  • Congress pass legislation to address the nation’s fair and affordable housing crisis.
  • Congress and the Trump Administration support robust civil rights protections in housing-related automated systems, including artificial intelligence, and safeguard fair housing in the age of AI.  

Take Action to Defend Fair Housing and Civil Rights!  

Tell your members of Congress that the “Fair Housing Act” is not optional, and HUD must defend civil rights in housing! Ask your Senators and Representatives to speak out against Secretary Turner’s disregard for the law and instead, Turner’s FHEO must enforce the “Fair Housing Act” and fund the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Programs (FHAP). 

Members of Congress can also cosponsor the “Fair Housing Improvement Act” (S.2827, H.R.5443), introduced by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Representative Scott Peters (D-CA), to protect veterans and voucher recipients from housing discrimination. You can use NLIHC’s Take Action page to look up your member offices or call/send an email directly!  

Access the report here.  

Learn more about fair housing here.

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