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
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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
NFHA and Other Civil Rights Leaders Fight Trump’s Attempt to Gut Core Civil Rights Protection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 16, 2019 Contact: Dale Van Ollefen ǀ (202) 823-3297 ǀ dvanollefen@kivvit.comJessica Aiwuyor ǀ jaiwuyor@nationalfairhousing.org NFHA and Other Civil Rights Leaders Fight Trump’s Attempt to Gut Core Civil Rights Protection Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes proposed rule… Continue Reading NFHA and Other Civil Rights Leaders Fight Trump’s Attempt to Gut Core Civil Rights Protection
Court Denies Fannie Mae’s Motion to Dismiss in Fair Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
For Immediate ReleaseAugust 13, 2019 Contact: Morgan Williams | (202) 898-1661 | mwilliams@nationalfairhousing.org Late Monday, August 12, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California largely DENIED Fannie Mae’s Motion to Dismiss a fair housing lawsuit concerning… Continue Reading Court Denies Fannie Mae’s Motion to Dismiss in Fair Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
Advocates Oppose FHFA’s Decision to Remove Language Preference Question from Loan Application
For Immediate Release: August 9, 2019Contact: Diop Harris at diop@ourfinancialsecurity.org or (269) 209-7733 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) Language Access Task Force strongly opposes the decision announced yesterday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to remove the question about a borrower’s language… Continue Reading Advocates Oppose FHFA’s Decision to Remove Language Preference Question from Loan Application
BREAKING: Trump Administration Launches Attack on Core Civil Rights Protection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 1, 2019 Contact: Jessica Aiwuyor | (202) 898-1661 | jaiwuyor@nationalfairhousing.org BREAKING: Trump Administration Launches Attack on Core Civil Rights Protection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 1, 2019 Contact: Jessica Aiwuyor | (202) 898-1661 | jaiwuyor@nationalfairhousing.org BREAKING: Trump Administration Launches Attack on… Continue Reading BREAKING: Trump Administration Launches Attack on Core Civil Rights Protection
NFHA’s General Counsel Speaks to ABC News about Disparate Impact
Morgan Williams, NFHA’s General Counsel, speaks to ABC News about housing and the need for Disparate Impact as a core civil rights protection.
Keenya Robertson testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations
Keenya Robertson, NFHA Board Chair and President & CEO, of Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc., testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations.
STATEMENT: Advocacy Groups Condemn Carson for Misleading Congress Over Equal Access Rule
Washington, D.C. — In his testimony to the House Committee on Financial Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson was asked about the agency’s implementation and enforcement of the Equal Access Rule, which provides sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination protections in housing… Continue Reading STATEMENT: Advocacy Groups Condemn Carson for Misleading Congress Over Equal Access Rule
National Fair Housing Alliance and Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic File Federal Lawsuit to Stop Housing Discrimination in D.C.
For Immediate Release April 23, 2019 Contacts: Jessica Aiwuyor | (202) 898-1661 | jaiwuyor@nationalfairhousing.orgJaclyn Diaz | (202) 662-4199 | mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) joined forces with the Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic to… Continue Reading National Fair Housing Alliance and Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic File Federal Lawsuit to Stop Housing Discrimination in D.C.