Amanda Gomez submitted hundreds of rental applications for an apartment in Harlem, New York, last year. Most were met with ...
Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for projects and tries to reduce funding for nonprofits that handle housing ...
On April 23, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order (EO) No. 14281 entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” which qualifies “disparate-impact liability” as “pernicious” ...
April is Fair Housing Month: a good time to get reacquainted with the rights that protect all individuals from housing discrimination, including renters and homeowners who rely on emotional support ...
Internal documents reveal Trump administration officials have drastically reduced Fair Housing Act enforcement at HUD. Settlements dropped from $4-8 million annually to less than $200,000, while ...
New York City announced new fair housing goals to increase access in every neighborhood. “Everyone should be able to choose a home in the neighborhood that is best for them,” said Lucy Joffe, deputy ...
The Fair Housing Act, enacted shortly after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status and ...
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Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise. By Debra Kamin Debra Kamin reviewed dozens ...
Few fights are more pivotal to ending systemic inequality than the fight for fair and stable housing. When Martin Luther King, Jr. launched a campaign to end slums in 1966, he connected the struggle ...
The latest shutdown layoffs at HUD target fair housing investigators around the country. Critics say that'll make it hard to enforce the fair housing laws Congress has passed. Housing and Urban ...