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Re: USPAP Fifth Exposure Draft and Advisory Opinions: Nondiscrimination Language
Re: CDFI Certification Application (OMB Control Number: 1559:0028)
Letter to FHFA Re: FHLBs
FHFA FinTech RFI Comment
NFHA Comments on OSTP RFI on Data for Racial Equity
Letter to Congress Re: PAVE Priorities for Appraisal Reform Legislation
Reports & Research
Engaging Communities to Advance Health and Housing Equity: An Action Guide
In recent decades, the healthcare field has increasingly acknowledged the importance of social determinants of health, or the conditions in which people are born and live, while improving health outcomes. The emphasis on factors such as economic stability, education access and quality, neighborhood and housing conditions, social and community access, and healthcare access elevates the […]
From Policy to Practice: Essential Competencies for Federal Chief AI Officers
This report presents five policy recommendations centered on: Transparency of CAIO roles, Alignment Criteria, Development and Engagement initiatives, and Measures of Success to help federal agencies become more transparent in their implementation of Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, and the related Memorandum from the Office […]
2024 Fair Housing Trends Report
The 2024 Fair Housing Trends Report is the latest in a series of annual reports about fair housing trends that NFHA has produced since the mid-1990s. The data compiled in this report is from fair housing complaints in 2023. Use the visualization below to see how your state fared.
Keys Unlock Dreams Initiative 2023 Impact Statement
The Keys Unlock Dreams Initiative (KUDI) was launched in 2019 to address the precipitous decline in homeownership for Black people as well as systemic challenges faced by Black, Latino, and other consumers of color in their attempts to access homeownership since these groups have been blocked from having equal access to housing opportunities. Our goal […]
First Generation Foundations: A Guide to Advancing Equity with First Generation Homeownership Programs
Homeownership has long been a path to creating financial security and intergenerational wealth, and it continues to be the primary driver of wealth building for families in the U.S. today. While homeownership rates overall have been on the rise, the cost of purchasing a home is significantly higher compared to a year ago, pricing many […]
Unlocking Fairness in Mortgage Decisions: An AI Breakthrough
“Improving Mortgage Underwriting and Pricing Outcomes for Protected Classes Through Distribution Matching” — A Joint Study by the National Fair Housing Alliance and FairPlay AI Mortgage underwriting disparities for historically underserved groups remain essentially unchanged despite several decades of legislative and policy interventions to improve them. Now with artificial intelligence, including machine learning, poised to […]
Article
Advocates call on top Democrats for $100B in housing investments (The Hill)
Advocates are calling on top Democratic lawmakers to allocate $100 billion for housing investments in the party’s multitrillion-dollar reconciliation bill. Three civil rights and fair housing groups penned a letter to top House and Senate Democrats on Monday, urging them to include the money in targeted first-generation down payment assistance in the $3.5 trillion bill to “take an initial step to reverse the harms of government-sponsored discrimination in the nation’s housing finance system.” Read more here.
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Issue
Disparate Impact Rule
Background on this Issue In August 2019, HUD published a proposed rule that will drastically weaken the use of Disparate Impact theory in fair housing cases. Disparate Impact is a long-standing critical tool used to prevent housing discrimination. More than 45,000 comments were submitted opposing the administration’s proposal to dismantle Disparate Impact under the Fair […]