For Immediate Release January 15, 2020 Contact: Dale Van Ollefen | 202-823-3297 | dvanollefen@kivvit.com Proposal from HUD to Effectively Eliminate Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Weakens Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws, Reinforces Decades of Discriminatory Practices Leaders of The National… Continue Reading Civil Rights Leaders Respond to Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Fair Housing, Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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NFHA Opposes HUD Proposal to Dismantle Fair Housing Act, Weaken Enforcement
For Immediate Release January 07, 2020Contact: Dale Van Ollefen | 202-823-3297 | dvanollefen@kivvit.com As housing discrimination reaches record highs, Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development announces proposed rule to eliminate tool for communities to address discrimination and segregation WASHINGTON… Continue Reading NFHA Opposes HUD Proposal to Dismantle Fair Housing Act, Weaken Enforcement
New Report by Fair Housing Experts Provides Solutions to End Discriminatory Real Estate Sales Practices
The recommendations enumerated by the National Fair Housing Alliance receive strong support from the nation’s premiere civil rights leaders, real estate industry groups and Walter Mondale, co-author of the Fair Housing Act WASHINGTON—Following a Newsday investigation revealing widespread discrimination by… Continue Reading New Report by Fair Housing Experts Provides Solutions to End Discriminatory Real Estate Sales Practices
Diverse coalition issues joint statement on proposed changes to Community Reinvestment Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2019 Diverse coalition issues joint statement on proposed changes to Community Reinvestment Act Yesterday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a notice of proposed… Continue Reading Diverse coalition issues joint statement on proposed changes to Community Reinvestment Act
Federal Court Green-lights Fair Housing Discrimination Claims Against Major Financial Services Companies
Federal Court Greenlights Fair Housing Discrimination Claims Against Major Financial Services Companies For Immediate Release November 15, 2019 Contact: Dale Van Ollefen ǀ (202) 823-3297 ǀ dvanollefen@kivvit.com Nicole Turner-Ridley ǀ 202-898-1661 ǀ NRidley@NationalFairHousing.org Federal Court Greenlights Fair Housing Discrimination Claims Against… Continue Reading Federal Court Green-lights Fair Housing Discrimination Claims Against Major Financial Services Companies
Zoning is not the answer to all our housing problems
November 7, 2019 By Debby Goldberg and Morgan Williams What should we do to eliminate residential segregation in this country? That’s a goal that Congress set out to achieve in 1968 when it passed the Fair Housing Act. Among its… Continue Reading Zoning is not the answer to all our housing problems
New NFHA Report Highlights Unprecedented Attacks on Fair Housing and Alarming Uptick in Discrimination Complaints
The National Fair Housing Alliance also confronts impacts of algorithmic bias due to the spread of technology in credit and housing access decisions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 31, 2019 Contact: Madeline McBride | (202) 898-1661 | Mmcbride@nationalfairhousing.org WASHINGTON—The goal of achieving fair housing… Continue Reading New NFHA Report Highlights Unprecedented Attacks on Fair Housing and Alarming Uptick in Discrimination Complaints
Businesses, Policymakers, Advocates, Experts Submit Thousands of Comments Opposing HUD’s Attack on Core Civil Rights Tool
Supporters from fair housing, education, health, technology, finance, government & law challenge HUD proposal to gut disparate impact tool under the Fair Housing Act as comment period ends WASHINGTON—Over 45,000 people and organizations submitted comments in response to a Department… Continue Reading Businesses, Policymakers, Advocates, Experts Submit Thousands of Comments Opposing HUD’s Attack on Core Civil Rights Tool
HUD’s Proposed Rule Is a Direct Assault on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Inclusive Communities
By: Morgan Williams, General Counsel, National Fair Housing Alliance The Trump administration is trying to achieve with its proposed Disparate Impact Rule what conservatives were not able to achieve in the Inclusive Communities Supreme Court decision – upend the disparate… Continue Reading HUD’s Proposed Rule Is a Direct Assault on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Inclusive Communities
Don’t Disrupt Lending or Increase the Cost of Housing: Civil Rights Coalition Warns Against WH Plan for Housing Finance Reform
For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 6, 2019 Don’t Disrupt Lending or Increase the Cost of Housing: Civil Rights Coalition Warns Against WH Plan for Housing Finance Reform WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, in response to a Presidential Memorandum on Federal Housing Finance Reform, the… Continue Reading Don’t Disrupt Lending or Increase the Cost of Housing: Civil Rights Coalition Warns Against WH Plan for Housing Finance Reform