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 Same-Sex Couples Experience Significant Housing Discrimination, HUD Study Finds
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| Subtle Housing Discrimination Persists According to HUD Report
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| NFHA AND WELLS FARGO ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION TO REBUILD HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN 19 CITIES
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Ground-Breaking Fair Housing Agreement for Marketing and Maintenance of Foreclosed Properties
June 6, 2013 — Today the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and 13 of its member organizations announced a collaboration with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. that will provide funds in 19 cities to foster homeownership, assist with rebuilding neighborhoods of color impacted by the foreclosure crisis, and promote diverse, inclusive communities. This is the first-ever agreement regarding the equal maintenance and marketing of REO homes. The agreement is the result of a federal housing discrimination complaint filed in April 2012 with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that alleged that Wells Fargo’s REO properties in white areas were much better maintained and marketed by Wells Fargo than REO properties in African-American and Latino neighborhoods.
To read the news release, click here. To read the conciliation agreement, click here. To read the 2012 HUD complaint, click here.
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| New HUD Olmstead Guidance Step in Right Direction
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Washington -- June 5, 2013 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued new guidance on how the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Olmstead case applies to HUD’s programs and activities. The guidance makes clear that HUD and entities that receive financial assistance from HUD must provide housing for people with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs. To read the press release in its entirety, please click here
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| Latest News from NFHA
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| 2013 FAIR HOUSING TRENDS REPORT
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National Fair Housing Alliance Report Calls for Modernizing Fair Housing Act
to Include Protection for LGBT People and Source of Income
“Modernizing the Fair Housing Act for the 21st Century” highlights the need to amend the federal Fair Housing Act to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, and marital status.
The report finds a rise in the number of housing discrimination complaints filed by individuals and families with a marked spike in harassment complaints. Harassment complaints were up 35% from last year’s numbers and include complaints because of race, national origin, disability, sex, and having children in the home. Included in the report are harassment and other complaints from Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Texas, and other states.
Click here to view the news release.
Click here to view the full report.
In many states housing discrimination because of sexual orientation, gender identity, legal source of income, or marital status is still permitted. Click on any of the maps below to see larger versions:
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| New Denver Fair Housing Organization Will Fight Housing Discrimination
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Denver Metro Fair Housing Center Opens Doors The Denver Metro Fair Housing Center (DMFHC) announced its grand opening in Denver. The Denver Metro Fair Housing Center is a newly formed private non-profit fair housing organization funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and NFHA. Click here to read the press release.
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| NFHA Urges New York City Council to Oppose Coop Secrecy Bill
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| FAir Housing Centers File Discrimination Complaint AGainst Bank of America for Practices in Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis
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Fair Housing Organizations Allege Discrimination in Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis By Bank of America October 23, 2012 — Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), HOPE Fair Housing Center, South Suburban Housing Center, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council announced a federal housing discrimination complaint against Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., and BAC Home Loan Servicing, LP. This complaint is the result of an undercover investigation of Bank of America that found the financial giant maintains and markets foreclosed homes in White neighborhoods in a much better manner than in African-American or Latino neighborhoods in Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee. Today’s complaint was filed with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and is part of an amended complaint NFHA and seven member agencies filed earlier this month that looks at how Bank of America has differently maintained and marketed properties in White, African-American and Latino neighborhoods across the country. To read the complaint, click here.
To view exhibit A from the complaint, click here.
To view exhibit B from the complaint, click here.
To view the news conference presentation, click here.
To read the press release, click here.
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| Fair Housing Organizations Allege Discriminatory treatment in the Maintenance and marketing of Bank of America's Orlando and Charleston Foreclosed Properties
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Fair Housing Organizations File Discrimination Complaint Against Bank of America October 10, 2012 — Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and the Fair Housing Continuum in Florida announced a federal housing discrimination complaint against Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., and BAC Home Loan Servicing, LP. This complaint is the result of an undercover investigation of Bank of America that found the financial giant maintains and markets foreclosed homes in White neighborhoods in a much better manner than in African-American neighborhoods in Orlando, FL and Charleston, SC. Today’s complaint was filed with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and is part of an amended complaint NFHA and six member agencies filed in September that looks at how Bank of America has differently maintained and marketed properties in White, African-American and Latino neighborhoods across the country. To read the complaint with exhibits, click here.
To view the news conference presentation, click here.
To read the press release, click here.
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| Fair Housing Organizations File Fair Housing Complaint Against Bank of America
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National Fair Housing Alliance Alleges Discrimination in Marketing and Maintenance of Foreclosed Properties
Sept. 25, 2012 — Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and five of its member organizations announced a federal housing discrimination complaint against Bank of America. This complaint, which was filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is the result of an undercover investigation of Bank of America properties that found that its foreclosed properties in White areas are much better maintained and marketed than its properties in African-American and Latino neighborhoods.
To view the news conference presentation, click here.
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| NFHA Submits Amicus Curiae to US Appeals Court Opposing Fremont, Nebraska Anti-Immigrant Law
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The National Fair Housing Alliance, the Fair Housing Center of Nebraska-Iowa, and the National Council of La Raza submitted an amicus curiae ("Friend of the Court" brief) to the Eighth Circuit on Friday, August 31, in support of the plaintiffs - the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Nebraska and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund. The brief was written and filed by Steve Dane, partner at the national civil rights law firm of Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC. An amicus curiae brief is filed by parties that are not involved in the litigation but that have an interest in the outcome of the case.
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| 2012 Fair Housing Trends Report
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April 30, 2012 - The nation’s private non-profit fair housing organizations investigated 65 percent of the 27,092 housing discrimination complaints filed across the nation in 2011, a new report from the National Fair Housing Alliance shows. On a shoestring budget, these organizations are the first line of defense against illegal housing discrimination. The report – Fair Housing in a Changing Nation – discusses emerging fair housing trends affecting our country. As the nation moves closer to becoming a society in which people of color are the majority, systemic discrimination continues to curtail the housing choice of millions of people because of illegal bias based on race, national origin, color, disability, sex, familial status, religion, sexual orientation, source of income and other protected classes. To read NFHA's 2012 Fair Housing Trends report, click here. To read NFHA's press release about the report, click here.
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| FAIR HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS FILE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT AGAINST U.S. BANK
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National Fair Housing Alliance Alleges Discrimination in Marketing and Maintenance of Foreclosed Properties
APRIL 17, 2012 – Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and four of its member organizations announced a federal housing discrimination complaint against U.S. Bancorp and U.S. Bank National Bank Association. This complaint, which was filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is the result of an undercover investigation of U.S. Bank’s properties that found that its foreclosed properties in White areas are much better maintained and marketed than its properties in African-American and Latino neighborhoods.
To view the news conference presentation, click here.
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| CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FILE FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINT AGAINST WELLS FARGO
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National Fair Housing Alliance Alleges Discrimination in Marketing and Maintenance of Foreclosed Properties
APRIL 10, 2012 - Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and four of its member organizations announced a federal housing discrimination complaint against Wells Fargo & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. This complaint, which will be filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a result of an undercover investigation of bank-owned properties, which found foreclosed properties in White areas much better maintained and marketed by Wells Fargo than those in neighborhoods of color.
To view the news conference presentation, click here.
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 Civil Rights Organizations uncover Discrimination by banks in treatment of foreclosed properties
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and four of its local member organizations announced the results of an undercover investigation into the ways the nation’s financial institutions are failing to maintain and market Real Estate Owned (REO) properties in African-American and Latino neighborhoods. The investigation of REO properties in nine major U.S. cities found striking incidents of discrimination in the care and maintenance of properties, with foreclosed properties in White areas being much better maintained and marketed than those in neighborhoods of color.
A report of the investigation, “The Banks Are Back, Our Neighborhoods Are Not: Discrimination in the Maintenance and Marketing of REO Properties,” was released today. It details the results of the evaluation of more than 1,000 REO properties located in and around Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD; Dallas, TX; Dayton, OH; Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL; Oakland/Richmond/Concord, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; and Washington, DC.
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| NFHA and HUD Launch Media Campaign to Fight Housing Discrimination
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NFHA and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have launched a new series of radio and print public service advertisements (PSAs). The advertisements are designed to teach individuals and families how to recognize and report discrimination in housing because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, familial status and disability, including discrimination in mortgage lending because of issues related to pregnancy and/or parental leave.
To read more about media campaign, click here.
To view PSAs, click here.
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 Toppling Barriers to Fair Housing for All
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On February 8, 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued new regulations to better enforce and apply the Fair Housing Act across our nation. The regulations explain, in particular, that policies and practices that have an unjustified discriminatory effect, known as disparate impact, violate the Act. The National Fair Housing Alliance in partnership with the Opportunity Agenda is sharing a document on how to communicate the importance of this significant civil rights regulation.
Click here to read more
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| 2013 UPCOMING EVENTS
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| NFHA Blogs, Opinions, Video
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| NFHA presents Issue Brief
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The Promise of the Fair Housing Act and the Role of Fair Housing Organizations discusses how private non-profit organizations play a critical role in combatting the millions of incidents of housing discrimination that occur each year throughout the United States. Education, investigation, and enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, which was enacted in the aftermath of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, are handled largely by such organizations.
To read the brief click here
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| Tell the CFPB Your Story
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has created a new mortgage complaint system feature to assist distressed borrowers. The Bureau is offering borrowers the chance to explain in detailed narrative their specific mortgage issues. For more information visit www.consumerfinance.gov
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| Predatory Lending
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Helping Consumers Fight Predatory Lending
 NFHA's public education campaign provides consumers with the information they need and the right questions to ask mortgage lenders when they are navigating the loan process.
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| Shut Out, Priced Out and Segregated
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Shut Out, Priced Out and Segregated: The Need for Fair Housing for People with Disabilities in Georgia examines the barriers people with disabilities face in housing and offers recommendations for improving the stock of accessible housing. The report was produced by Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. with major support from A.G. Spanos Companies, one of the largest builders of multi-family housing in the nation, as part of a settlement with NFHA, Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. and other plaintiffs. The report focuses on the state of Georgia, but most of its findings are relevant to communities throughout the nation. Please use this resource to advance the work of fair housing for people with disabilities.
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