Civil Rights & Housing Groups Lead Growing Opposition to Trump Administration Attack on Fair Housing
Fair housing advocates urge allies to submit comments opposing HUD rule before the comment period ends on March 16 WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 13,000 people have submitted comments to the…
Texas Housers Hosts Podcast on History of AFFH, Critiques Carson’s Proposed Rule in Shelterforce
Betsy Julian, formerly with the Inclusive Communities Project, discusses the history of “affirmatively furthering fair housing” (AFFH) on “The Mandate to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing,” one of a…
House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Trump Administration’s Attacks on Fair Housing and the Potential Impacts on Children
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…
Join “Fight for Housing Justice” Campaign to Oppose HUD’s Harmful Fair Housing Rule
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…
House Committee Holds Hearing on Affordable Housing, Gentrification, and Evictions
The House Financial Services Committee held a full committee hearing on January 14, “On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America is Leaving…
Leaders in Civil Rights & Housing Respond to this Administration’s Latest Attack on Fair Housing, Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Press Call: Proposal from HUD to Effectively Eliminate Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Weakens Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws, Reinforces Decades of Discriminatory Practices Washington…
HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule Is Not a Fair Housing Rule
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…
Senator Brown and Representative Waters Criticize HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule
Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) each issued statements on January 8 condemning the Trump…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of January 5
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of January 5: “As Trump Ditches a Fair Housing Rule, New York City Doubles Down,” City Lab, January 8 at: https…
Statement from NLIHC President & CEO Diane Yentel on Release of HUD’s Proposal to Gut the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule
Washington, D.C. – Today’s proposal from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to gut the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule represents a complete retreat from efforts…
HUD’s Proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Clears OIRA
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…